Self-Report of Alcohol Use for Pain in a Multi-Ethnic Community Sample
Journal of PainPublished 26 August 2009Open access
Joseph L. Riley, Christopher King
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Self-medication of pain with alcohol is most common among younger nonHispanic white males and associated with pain frequency, depression, and use of pain medications, and in younger adults.
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Self-medication of pain with alcohol is most common among younger nonHispanic white males and associated with pain frequency, depression, and use of pain medications. Alcohol use for pain needs to be assessed so that health care providers can make appropriate referrals and adjustments to treatment.
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