TY - JOUR
T1 - Opioid Use and Potency Are Associated With Clinical Features, Quality of Life, and Use of Resources in Patients With Gastroparesis
AU - Gastroparesis Clinical Research Consortium
AU - Hasler, William L.
AU - Wilson, Laura A.
AU - Nguyen, Linda A.
AU - Snape, William J.
AU - Abell, Thomas L.
AU - Koch, Kenneth L.
AU - McCallum, Richard W.
AU - Pasricha, Pankaj J.
AU - Sarosiek, Irene
AU - Farrugia, Gianrico
AU - Grover, Madhusudan
AU - Lee, Linda A.
AU - Miriel, Laura
AU - Tonascia, James
AU - Hamilton, Frank A.
AU - Parkman, Henry P.
AU - Pasricha, Pankaj Jay
AU - Clarke, John
AU - Kim, Yale
AU - Nguyen, Linda
AU - Ullah, Nighat
AU - Snape, William
AU - DeVole, Nata
AU - Greene, Mary
AU - Lee, Candice
AU - Ponsetto, Courtney
AU - Shetler, Katerina
AU - Kantor, Steven
AU - Lytes, Vanessa
AU - Palit, Amiya
AU - Simmons, Kellie
AU - Hejazi, Reza
AU - Roeser, Kathy
AU - Vasquez, Denise
AU - Vega, Natalia
AU - Abell, Thomas
AU - Beatty, Karen
AU - Hatter, Lisa
AU - Howard, Ronna
AU - Nowotny, Lindsay
AU - Tang, Shou
AU - Amin, Om S.
AU - Henry, Olivia
AU - Kedar, Archana
AU - McNair, Valerie
AU - Pruett, Susanne
AU - Smith, Margaret
AU - Sternberg, Alice
AU - Van Natta, Mark
AU - Yates, Katherine
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 AGA Institute
PY - 2019/6
Y1 - 2019/6
N2 - Background & Aims: Many patients with gastroparesis are prescribed opioids for pain control, but indications for opioid prescriptions and the relationship of opioid use to gastroparesis manifestations are undefined. We characterized associations of use of potent vs weaker opioids and presentations of diabetic and idiopathic gastroparesis. Methods: We collected data on symptoms, gastric emptying, quality of life, and health care resource use from 583 patients with gastroparesis (>10% 4-h scintigraphic retention) from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Gastroparesis Consortium, from January 2007 through November 2016. Patients completed medical questionnaires that included questions about opioid use. The opioid(s) were categorized for potency relative to oral morphine. Symptom severities were quantified by Patient Assessment of Upper Gastrointestinal Disorders Symptoms questionnaires. Subgroup analyses compared patients on potent vs weaker opioids and opioid effects in diabetic vs idiopathic etiologies. Results: Forty-one percent of patients were taking opioids; 82% of these took potent agents (morphine, hydrocodone, oxycodone, methadone, hydromorphone, buprenorphine, or fentanyl). Abdominal pain was the reason for prescription for 61% of patients taking opioids. Mean scores for gastroparesis, nausea/vomiting, bloating/distention, abdominal pain, and constipation scores were higher in opioid users (P ≤ .05). Opioid use was associated with greater levels of gastric retention, worse quality of life, increased hospitalization, and increased use of antiemetic and pain modulator medications compared with nonusers (P ≤ .03). Use of potent opioids was associated with worse gastroparesis, nausea/vomiting, upper abdominal pain, and quality-of-life scores, and more hospitalizations compared with weaker opioids (tapentadol, tramadol, codeine, or propoxyphene) (P ≤ .05). Opioid use was associated with larger increases in gastric retention in patients with idiopathic vs diabetic gastroparesis (P = .008). Conclusions: Opioid use is prevalent among patients with diabetic or idiopathic gastroparesis, and is associated with worse symptoms, delays in gastric emptying, and lower quality of life, as well as greater use of resources. Potent opioids are associated with larger effects than weaker agents. These findings form a basis for studies to characterize adverse outcomes of opioid use in patients with gastroparesis and to help identify those who might benefit from interventions to prevent opioid overuse.
AB - Background & Aims: Many patients with gastroparesis are prescribed opioids for pain control, but indications for opioid prescriptions and the relationship of opioid use to gastroparesis manifestations are undefined. We characterized associations of use of potent vs weaker opioids and presentations of diabetic and idiopathic gastroparesis. Methods: We collected data on symptoms, gastric emptying, quality of life, and health care resource use from 583 patients with gastroparesis (>10% 4-h scintigraphic retention) from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Gastroparesis Consortium, from January 2007 through November 2016. Patients completed medical questionnaires that included questions about opioid use. The opioid(s) were categorized for potency relative to oral morphine. Symptom severities were quantified by Patient Assessment of Upper Gastrointestinal Disorders Symptoms questionnaires. Subgroup analyses compared patients on potent vs weaker opioids and opioid effects in diabetic vs idiopathic etiologies. Results: Forty-one percent of patients were taking opioids; 82% of these took potent agents (morphine, hydrocodone, oxycodone, methadone, hydromorphone, buprenorphine, or fentanyl). Abdominal pain was the reason for prescription for 61% of patients taking opioids. Mean scores for gastroparesis, nausea/vomiting, bloating/distention, abdominal pain, and constipation scores were higher in opioid users (P ≤ .05). Opioid use was associated with greater levels of gastric retention, worse quality of life, increased hospitalization, and increased use of antiemetic and pain modulator medications compared with nonusers (P ≤ .03). Use of potent opioids was associated with worse gastroparesis, nausea/vomiting, upper abdominal pain, and quality-of-life scores, and more hospitalizations compared with weaker opioids (tapentadol, tramadol, codeine, or propoxyphene) (P ≤ .05). Opioid use was associated with larger increases in gastric retention in patients with idiopathic vs diabetic gastroparesis (P = .008). Conclusions: Opioid use is prevalent among patients with diabetic or idiopathic gastroparesis, and is associated with worse symptoms, delays in gastric emptying, and lower quality of life, as well as greater use of resources. Potent opioids are associated with larger effects than weaker agents. These findings form a basis for studies to characterize adverse outcomes of opioid use in patients with gastroparesis and to help identify those who might benefit from interventions to prevent opioid overuse.
KW - Abdominal Pain
KW - Diabetes Mellitus
KW - Nausea and Vomiting
KW - Stomach
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U2 - 10.1016/j.cgh.2018.10.013
DO - 10.1016/j.cgh.2018.10.013
M3 - Article
C2 - 30326297
AN - SCOPUS:85064819409
SN - 1542-3565
VL - 17
SP - 1285-1294.e1
JO - Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
JF - Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
IS - 7
ER -