Machine learning identifies risk factors associated with long-term opioid use in fibromyalgia patients newly initiated on an opioid
Carlos Raúl Ramírez Medina,
Mengyu Feng,
Yun-Ting Huang
et al.
Abstract:ObjectivesFibromyalgia is frequently treated with opioids due to limited therapeutic options. Long-term opioid use is associated with several adverse outcomes. Identifying factors associated with long-term opioid use is the first step in developing targeted interventions. The aim of this study was to evaluate risk factors in fibromyalgia patients newly initiated on opioids using machine learning.MethodsA retrospective cohort study was conducted using a nationally representative primary care dataset from the UK… Show more
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