Medication use in a female orofacial pain population.
OBJECTIVE
This study compared, both quantitatively and qualitatively, the self-reported medication usage between an adult female orofacial pain population and a comparison group.


METHODS
Eighty-seven subjects from both an orofacial pain center (OPC) and undergraduate dental clinic (UDC) completed a standardized medical history questionnaire. Both groups had a similar distribution with regard to age. The number of medications and medication categories were compared between the two groups. Statistical analysis used the Student t-test, Fisher's exact tests, Pearson's chi2 tests, and calculated odds ratios.


RESULTS
The number of pain and non-pain medications, and the number of medication categories endorsed by OPC subjects was significantly higher compared with the UDC group.


CONCLUSIONS
Adult female orofacial pain subjects report greater overall and higher rate of medication use, which was not limited to only the analgesic/narcotic categories, than the comparison group.
Klasser
Gary D
GD
Department of Oral Medicine and Diagnostic Services, College of Dentistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA. gklasser@uic.edu
de Leeuw
Reny
R
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000700:Analgesics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005157:Facial Pain / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009294:Narcotics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014663:Nasal Decongestants / Q000627:therapeutic use
D000700:Analgesics; D000928:Antidepressive Agents; D009294:Narcotics; D014663:Nasal Decongestants