Opioid-Induced Androgen Deficiency in Veterans With Chronic Nonmalignant Pain.

Abigail Brooks Mitchell Nazario Sandra DiScala Ramon Cuevas-Trisán John Meléndez-Benabe

Fed Pract

is a clinical pharmacy specialist in pain management, is a clinical pharmacy specialist in community living center/hospice and palliative care, is chief of the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Service, and is the chronic pain management section chief, all at the West Palm Beach VAMC in Florida. is manager of the VISN 8 Pharmacy Benefits Management Program for Pain Management in Bay Pines, Florida.

Published: October 2015

Patients on chronic opioid therapy or considering it should be counseled about the risks associated with opioid-induced androgen deficiency.

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