Browse by Audience
MEMBER

Update Your Profile
Special Interest Groups (SIG)
Member Spotlights
IASP Connect
Join Now

RESEARCHER

PAIN
PAIN Reports
Pain Research Forum
Pain Researcher
Events

HEALTH CARE PROVIDER

Online Learning - PERC
Curricula
Graduate Opportunities
Treatment and Education Resources
Events

PATIENT & CAREGIVER

Resources for Living with Pain
Topic Pages
Free Videos
Events

PARTNER

Support IASP
Sponsor an Event
Become a Partner
Make a Donation

I am a
IASP Logo
Home I AM A Search Login

Papers of the Week

Home / Publications / Pain Research Forum / Papers of the Week / Treatment for patients with sleep apnea on opioids for chronic pain: results of the OpSafe trial.

< BACK TO ARCHIVE


2020 Dec 31


J Clin Sleep Med


http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33382032?dopt=Abstract

Treatment for patients with sleep apnea on opioids for chronic pain: results of the OpSafe trial.

Authors

Treatment for patients with sleep apnea on opioids for chronic pain: results of the OpSafe trial.
Wasef S, Mir S, Ryan C, Waseem R, Bellingham G, Kashgari A, Wong J, Chung F
J Clin Sleep Med. 2020 Dec 31.
PMID: 33382032.

Abstract

Approximately 20% of North Americans are afflicted with chronic pain with 3% being opioid users. The objective was to determine whether patients on opioids for chronic pain with newly diagnosed sleep apnea attended sleep clinic review and followed treatment recommendations.
Read This Paper