Tag: Opioids
Rate of Opioid Rx at Discharge From Emergency Department Declining
Decrease seen in rate and percentage of emergency department visits with opioid prescribed at discharge from 2017-2018 to 2019-2020
Racial, Ethnic Inequities Seen in Opioid Access for Patients Dying of Cancer
Black and Hispanic patients less likely to receive any opioids compared with Whites; Black patients more likely to undergo urine drug screening
Letter Intervention Ups Prescription Monitoring Program Engagement
Letters highlighting mandate to check PMP before prescribing can increase PMP search rates and PMP account-holding rates
Postoperative Restrictive Opioid Rx Protocol Feasible for Most Patients
Significant decreases seen in the number of opioids prescribed, conversion to long-term opioid use seen
Risk for COVID-19-Linked Endocarditis Up in Patients With Opioid, Cocaine Use Disorders
180-day hospitalization risk significantly increased following endocarditis for those with opioid use disorder, cocaine use disorder
Opioids Frequently Prescribed to Patients With Cirrhosis
Opiate prescriptions predicted by primary care physician specialty and patient age, gender, race
Overdose Deaths Up in Teens From July to December 2019 to 2021
About 90 and 83.9 percent of overdose deaths involved opioids and illicitly manufactured fentanyls
Opioid Misuse Linked to Increased Suicide Risk in Persons With Disabilities
In interaction analyses, opioid misuse linked to increased odds of having suicide plan, suicide attempt for those with disabilities
Fewer Buprenorphine Initiation Episodes Seen During Pandemic
Number of active buprenorphine episodes comparable to expected number, with fewer initiations and fewer ending of episodes
Discontinuing Long-Term Opioids Tied to Overdose Risk
Tapering cuts risk for overdose among those with opioid use disorder
