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JAMA Health Forum, volume 5, issue 9, pages e243008

Shifting From Opioids to Simple Analgesics for Emergency Care of Patients With Low Back Pain

Claudia Côté-Picard ¹

Danielle M Coombs ^{2, 3, 4}

Qiang Li ⁵

Chris G. Maher ^{2, 4}

Gustavo C. Machado ^{2, 4}

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Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation and Social Integration, Laval University, Québec City, Québec, Canada |

Institute for Musculoskeletal Health, Sydney Local Health District, New South Wales, Australia |

Physiotherapy Department, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia |

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Sydney School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |

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The George Institute for Global Health, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Publication type: Journal Article

Publication date: 2024-09-27

American Medical Association (AMA)

Journal: JAMA Health Forum

scimago Q1

wos Q1

SJR: 1.534

CiteScore: 4.0

Impact factor: 9.5

ISSN: 26890186

DOI: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.3008

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Abstract

This secondary analysis of a cluster randomized clinical trial examined a guideline-based care model for patients with low back pain, specifically whether physicians switched from opioids to low-risk or high-risk nonopioid pain medicines.

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Publisher

American Medical Association (AMA)

Journal

JAMA Health Forum

scimago Q1

wos Q1

SJR

1.534

CiteScore

4.0

Impact factor

9.5

ISSN

26890186 (Electronic)