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Heavy drinkers use narcotics to relieve back pain, despite possible interactions, UMHS study finds

Heavy drinkers, however, did not perform as well as lighter drinkers on psychosocial measures to evaluate mental health, emotional health and social functioning.

The improved performance seems to contradict the effects of alcohol, which is known to impair physical performance. Researchers suggest heavy drinkers are more at risk for disability, given the same pain and tissue damage. In other words, heavy drinkers with back pain may be partly disabled by the alcohol.

"I've had many patients tell me that they drink more because of pain. Since chronic alcohol use doesn't decrease pain, I suspect an increase in drinking is a coping mechanism for the stresses involved in having a disability," Haig says.


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Contact: Nicole Fawcett
nfawcett@umich.edu
734-764-2220
University of Michigan Health System
14-Jan-2004


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