Urban Arch Biomedical Research

URBAN ARCH Novel medications for pain. among PWH with heavy drinking • Pain associated with substance use & HIV risk¹ • Nalmefene was not tolerable² •In an RCT, no significant differences in pain. severity/interference between low-dose naltrexone and placebo, and gabapentin and placebo³ • Pain scores in all 3 groups decreased •Future steps • Gabapentin for HIV and heavy drinking (GRAIL) . • Collect data on pain for secondary analyses 1. Tsui, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017 2. Bendiks, 2021 3. Tsui, abstract submitted to CPDD 2022

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