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Adolescents and young adults are at risk for persistent opioid use after surgery

Risk of Persistent Opioid Use a Concern for Youth After Surgery

Highest risk of persistent opioid use seen in association with cholecystectomy and colectomy
Sublocade

FDA Approves Once-Monthly Injection for Opioid Addiction

Sublocade has been shown to reduce opioid withdrawal symptoms and the desire to use opioids
Patients presenting to emergency radiology frequently have intravenous substance use disorder complications

RSNA: IV-SUD Complications Prevalent in Emergency Radiology

Mortality significantly higher for patients with positive imaging diagnosis of IV-SUD complications
For reversal of opioid overdose

Similar Efficacy for Intranasal, Intramuscular Naloxone

Similar efficacy for higher-concentration intranasal naloxone, IM naloxone administered at same dose
Immediate access to opioid agonist treatment for patients presenting with opioid use disorder may provide greater health benefits at less cost than observed standard of care

Immediate Access to Opioid Agonists Found Cost-Effective

Findings among patients with opioid use disorder in publicly-funded treatment facilities
Individuals born between 1947 and 1964 have a significantly increased risk of prescription opioid overdose death and heroin overdose death

Baby Boomers Have Increased Risk of Rx Opioid Overdose Death

In addition, those born from 1947 to 1964 and 1979 to 1992 have increased risk of heroin overdose death
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration investigation into the safety of codeine use by children

FDA Investigation Linked to Drop in Codeine Rx for Children

But 1 in 20 patients undergoing tonsillectomy and/or adenoidectomy still prescribed codeine
Although initiation of extended-release naltrexone (XR-NTX) may be more difficult

XR Naltrexone, Sublingual BUP-NX Deemed Equally Effective

Difficulty initiating XR-NTX accounts for difference in relapse rates in intent-to-treat population
Patients use a mean of 8.7 of the initially prescribed 20 to 30 hydrocodone-acetaminophen combination tablets after rhinoplasty

Surgeons Often Prescribing Too Many Opioids After Rhinoplasty

Patients use a mean of 8.7 tablets, only 40 percent of the number prescribed after rhinoplasty
Gynecologists prescribe about twice the amount of opioids than patients use after hysterectomy for benign

Patients Use ~Half of Opioids Prescribed After Hysterectomy

Pre-op Fibromyalgia Survey score, overall body pain, pre-op opioid use, abdominal sx predict opioid use