Marijuana use and its associations with pain, opioid dose, and HIV viral suppression among persons living with HIV on chronic opioid therapy
Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes Sep 19, 2019
Merlin JS, Samet JH, Cheng DM, et al. - Researchers investigated marijuana use among people living with HIV (PLWH) receiving chronic opioid therapy. In addition, they sought for its associations with pain, opioid dose, and HIV viral suppression. They recruited PLWH prescribed chronic opioid therapy [n = 166; men: 65%; Black: 72%; undetectable viral load (VL) in 89%] into the Targeting Effective Analgesia in Clinics for HIV cohort. Current marijuana use was not identified to be associated with opioid misuse, opioid dose, or pain. Current marijuana use was associated with 3× greater odds of having a detectable VL while controlling for depressive symptoms and other substance use.
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