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Study from Ray finds use of methadone to treat pain carries increased risk of death

Posted by on Wednesday, January 21, 2015 in News .

Research from Vanderbilt MPH Program faculty member Wayne Ray, Ph.D., M.S., finds that outside the hospital, use of methadone to treat pain carries a 46 percent increased risk of death when compared to the equally effective but more costly alternative, morphine SR (sustained release). Ray worked with Vanderbilt MPH graduates Cecilia Chung, M.D., M.P.H., and William O. Cooper, M.D., M.P.H., among others. Click here to read the full study in JAMA Internal Medicine.