Pain, mood, and substance abuse in HIV: implications for clinic visit utilization, antiretroviral therapy adherence, and virologic failure

JS Merlin, AO Westfall, JL Raper, A Zinski… - JAIDS Journal of …, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Background: Cooccurring pain, mood disorders, and substance abuse are common in HIV-
infected patients. Our objective was to investigate the relationship between pain, alone and …

Chronic pain in HIV-infected patients: relationship to depression, substance use, and mental health and pain treatment

LA Uebelacker, RB Weisberg, DS Herman… - Pain …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Objective As the advent of highly active antiretroviral therapy, HIV has become a chronic
disease for most individuals in developed countries. Chronic pain is a common occurrence …

[HTML][HTML] Association between diagnoses of chronic noncancer pain, substance use disorder, and HIV-related outcomes in people living with HIV

CM Denis, KH Morales, Q Wu, DS Metzger… - JAIDS Journal of …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Background: Chronic pain is common in people living with HIV (PLWH). Few studies have
evaluated the association between the diagnoses of chronic pain, substance use disorder …

[HTML][HTML] Pain and physical and psychological symptoms in ambulatory HIV patients in the current treatment era

JS Merlin, L Cen, A Praestgaard, M Turner… - Journal of pain and …, 2012 - Elsevier
CONTEXT: HIV infection has become a manageable chronic disease. There are few studies
of pain and symptoms in the current treatment era. OBJECTIVES: Our primary objective was …

Pain treatment and antiretroviral medication adherence among vulnerable HIV-positive patients

HL Surratt, SP Kurtz, MA Levi-Minzi… - AIDS patient care and …, 2015 - liebertpub.com
Pain represents a significant source of morbidity, function loss, and decreased quality of life
among people living with HIV. The present study examined the associations among pain …

Pain is independently associated with impaired physical function in HIV-infected patients

JS Merlin, AO Westfall, E Chamot, ET Overton… - Pain …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Introduction Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients in the current treatment
era can achieve normal life expectancies but experience a high degree of medical and …

Pharmacological pain control for human immunodeficiency virus–infected adults with a history of drug dependence

S Basu, RD Bruce, DT Barry, FL Altice - Journal of Substance Abuse …, 2007 - Elsevier
Clinicians treating human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients with substance
use disorders often face the challenge of managing patients' acute or chronic pain …

The undertreatment of pain in ambulatory AIDS patients

W Breitbart, BD Rosenfeld, SD Passik, MV McDonald… - Pain, 1996 - Elsevier
Pain is highly prevalent in individuals with HIV disease, yet is often overlooked as a
symptom requiring clinical intervention. We evaluated the adequacy of analgesic …

Pain in persons living with HIV and comorbid psychologic and substance use disorders

JCI Tsao, T Soto - The Clinical journal of pain, 2009 - journals.lww.com
Objectives There is a dearth of information on the experience of pain in persons living with
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and cooccurring psychologic and substance use …

Brief report: the association of chronic pain and long-term opioid therapy with HIV treatment outcomes

JS Merlin, D Long, WC Becker… - JAIDS Journal of …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Background: Chronic pain occurs in up to 85% of persons living with HIV and is commonly
treated with long-term opioid therapy (LTOT). We investigated the impact of chronic pain and …