title: Reply to Ruan X et al: "A comment on pattern of opioid use in sickle cell disease".
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacy Practice, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.|Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center, Section of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.|Center for Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomic Research, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
authors.forename: Jin
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-0662-006X
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Han
authors.affiliation: Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center, Section of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
authors.forename: Santosh L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Saraf
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Allergy Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
authors.forename: Roberto F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Machado
authors.affiliation: Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center, Section of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
authors.forename: Victor R
authors.initials: VR
authors.lastname: Gordeuk
mesh_terms: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid; D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid