Predictors of Chronic Opioid Use in Newly Diagnosed Crohnʼs Disease

Patients with Crohn's disease (CD) are often prescribed opioids chronically to manage pain associated with their disease. However, little evidence exists to support this practice. Here, we examine newly diagnosed patients with CD with and without chronic opioid use (COU) and sought to identify predictors and consequences of COU.A nationally representative administrative health care claims that data set identified newly diagnosed patients with...