Comparison of Opioid Utilization in Older Adults with Rheumatoid Arthritis before and after Initiating Biological or Targeted Synthetic Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs
Initiating b/tsDMARDs was associated with a modest reduction in any opioid use. However, LTOT use in RA remained persistently high. The impact of different b/tsDMARD initiation on opioid utilization patterns needs further investigation.
Authors
- Sandeep K. Agarwal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0053-2803)
- John P. Bentley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9241-6833)
- Sebastian Bruera (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3027-9287)
- Sujith Ramachandran
- Yinan Huang
- Y. Yang
- Shadi Bazzazzadehgan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1407-4727)
- Omkar Ghodke
- Liang-Yuan Lin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3679-2209)
- Kaustuv Bhattacharya
Institutions
- Baylor College of Medicine (US)
- University of Mississippi (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Drugs - Real World Outcomes
- Published
- 2025-12-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s40801-025-00537-3
- Primary Topic
- Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute on Drug Abuse