Psychiatric Comorbidity Does Not Enhance Prescription Opioid Use in Inflammatory Bowel Disease as It Does in the General Population

Little is known about patterns of opioid prescribing in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), but pain is common in persons with IBD. We estimated the incidence and prevalence of opioid use in adults with IBD and an unaffected reference cohort and assessed factors that modified opioid use.