Tag: Opioids
About Half of Waivered Clinicians Prescribe Buprenorphine for OUD
Percentages much higher for actively prescribing U.S. clinicians with 275 and 100 versus 30 patients
Nonopioid Pain Protocol Feasible After Sports Orthopedic Surgery
45 percent of patients did not require opioids for management of postoperative pain
Rates of Prescription Opioid Use Higher in Cancer Survivors
Cancer survivors have similar rates of prescription opioid misuse versus those without cancer
Shift Occurring in Deadly Overdoses
Rx opioid prescriptions down; illicit drugs are dominant cause of lethal drug overdoses
GI Surgical Outcomes Worse With Preop Use of Opioids, Sedatives
Findings seen in patients undergoing colorectal resection for nontrauma reasons
Persistent Opioid Use Seen in ~10 Percent of Patients After Cardiac Surgery
Higher opioid dosage prescribed at discharge associated with increased risk for new persistent use
CDC: 10.7 Percent of U.S. Adults Used Rx Pain Meds in 2015 to 2018
No change found in use of prescription opioids from 2009-2010 to 2017-2018, but increase seen in nonopioid meds
Filling Opioid Rx Postpartum Ups Serious Opioid-Related Events
Serious opioid-related event rate increased with increasing number of postpartum opioid prescriptions
AAOS: Opioid Prescribing Down for Minor Ortho Injuries in Youth
However, 54.3 percent of patients received at least one dose of opioid during ED or clinic visit
Large U.S. Pharmacy Chains Played Role in Opioid Crisis, Lawsuit Claims
Lawsuit charges chains sold millions of pills in small communities, gave bonuses to pharmacists
