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Human Studies, Pharmacology/Drug Development


2021 Feb 24


Pain Med

Reward Responsiveness in Patients with Opioid Use Disorder on Opioid Agonist Treatment: Role of Comorbid Chronic Pain.

Authors

Finan PH, Letzen J, Epstein DH, Mun C J, Stull S, Kowalczyk WJ, Agage D, Phillips KA, Pizzagalli DA, Preston KL
Pain Med. 2021 Feb 24.
PMID: 33624802.

Abstract

Evidence suggests that blunted reward responsiveness may account for poor clinical outcomes in both opioid use disorder (OUD) and chronic pain. Understanding how individuals with OUD and comorbid chronic pain (OUD+CP) respond to rewards is, therefore, of clinical interest because it may reveal a potential point of behavioral intervention.