%0 Journal Article
%T Prescriptions of opioid-containing drugs in patients with chronic cough.
%A Weiner M
%A Liu Z
%A Schelfhout J
%A Dexter P
%A Roberts AR
%A Griffith A
%A Bali V
%A Weaver J
%J Ther Adv Respir Dis
%V 18
%N 0
%D 2024 Jan-Dec
%M 38877686
%F 5.158
%R 10.1177/17534666241259373
%X <B>UNASSIGNED: </B>Chronic cough (CC) affects about 10% of adults, but opioid use in CC is not well understood.<BR><B>UNASSIGNED: </B>To determine the use of opioid-containing cough suppressant (OCCS) prescriptions in patients with CC using electronic health records.<BR><B>UNASSIGNED: </B>Retrospective cohort study.<BR><B>UNASSIGNED: </B>Through retrospective analysis of Midwestern U.S. electronic health records, diagnoses, prescriptions, and natural language processing identified CC - at least three medical encounters with cough, with 56-120 days between first and last encounter - and a 'non-chronic cohort'. Student's t-test, Pearson's chi-square, and zero-inflated Poisson models were used.<BR><B>UNASSIGNED: </B>About 20% of 23,210 patients with CC were prescribed OCCS; odds of an OCCS prescription were twice as great in CC. In CC, OCCS drugs were ordered in 38% with Medicaid insurance and 15% with commercial insurance.<BR><B>UNASSIGNED: </B>Findings identify an important role for opioids in CC, and opportunity to learn more about the drugs' effectiveness.