Opioid use disorder ‘relatively common’ in patients with rheumatic diseases

Although opioid use disorder is “relatively common” in rheumatology settings, fewer than 15% of patients with this disorder and rheumatic disease receive medications to treat it, according to data published in Arthritis Care & Research.“Patients with rheumatic conditions are prescribed opioids at higher rates than the general population, but we know very little about opioid