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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/appendix-e-cdspain-sample-clinical-practice-guidelines.docx
October 16, 2020 - Appendix E: Tapering Opioid Medication: Considerations for Clinical Practice
Rationale
Long-term use of opioid … analgesics is the largest risk factor in developing opioid use disorder (OUD).1 Therefore, it is important … carefully weigh the benefits offered by opioid therapies and compare them against risks from use of opioid … analgesics and taper opioid medications if risks outweigh benefits. … HHS Guide for Clinicians on the Appropriate Dosage Reduction or Discontinuation of Long-Term Opioid Analgesics
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/disseminating-and-implementing-medsmart-families-emergency-departments
September 30, 2024 - Preventive Medicine
Pediatric opioid misuse has risen sharply, with adolescent deaths from opioids … A significant driver of this crisis is the easy access adolescents have to unused prescription opioids … Many adolescents perceive prescription opioids as safe because they are medications, while parents may … Research shows that adolescents and their families often lack the knowledge needed to safely manage opioids … EDs, which frequently prescribe opioids for adults with adolescents living at home, are an untapped resource
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/appendix-j-cdspain-additional-resources.docx
August 12, 2024 - Clinician Resources
· Prescribing opioids
· Strategies to engage with patients during prescribing, management … , and tapering of opioids
· Communicating with empathy
· Schedule to assess management of opioids
· Evidence
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/cds-connect-environmental-scan.pdf
December 01, 2017 - If and when
medications are indicated, providers are encouraged to first consider non-opioid analgesics … analgesics. … Retrieved from http://www.choosingwisely.org/clinician-lists/american-society-
anesthesiologists-opioid-analgesics-as-long-term-therapy-for-non-cancer-pain … computerized-painrelieveit-protocol-cancer-pain-control-hospice
http://www.choosingwisely.org/clinician-lists/american-society-anesthesiologists-opioid-analgesics-as-long-term-therapy-for-non-cancer-pain … /
http://www.choosingwisely.org/clinician-lists/american-society-anesthesiologists-opioid-analgesics-as-long-term-therapy-for-non-cancer-pain
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/randomized-clinical-trial-smartphone-virtual-reality-pain-management-during
January 01, 2024 - virtual reality app has the potential to be a cost-effective way to alleviate pain, reduce the need for opioids … ongoing wound care with dressing changes for open wounds, which can be extremely painful, often requiring opioids … This is opposed to opioids that reduce pain by blocking pain receptors. … followup work will evaluate the effectiveness of VR-PAT for pain management and reduction in need for opioids
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/ahrq-cdspain-practice-implemenation-guide-overview-and-appendix-a.pdf
March 01, 2024 - ......................... 9
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Introduction
Over the last 20 years, the prescribing of opioids … CDC Guideline for Prescribing
Opioids for Chronic Pain — United States, 2016. … Provider and patient
perspectives on opioids and alternative treatments for managing chronic pain: a … CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain — United States, 2016 |
MMWR. https://www.cdc.gov … Patient-centered reduction or discontinuation of
long-term opioid analgesics: The HHS guide for clinicians
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r01hs023306-harle-final-report-2020.pdf
January 01, 2020 - Prescription opioids have been widely prescribed for chronic noncancer
pain, and contributed to opioid … Key Words: Chronic pain, opioids, clinical decision support, primary care … Between April 2016 and July 2018, We recruited 20 PCPs who care for patients with
CNCP and prescribe opioids … are often not effective for long-term pain treatment;
3) response to pain and opioids is highly variable … , abuse, or diversion;
9) Prescription drug monitoring database results - For patients prescribed opioids
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/optimizing-acute-post-operative-dental-pain-management-using-new-hit
January 01, 2024 - To mitigate this, dentists pre-emptively prescribe opioids to their patients, despite addiction risk … and inferior post-op pain relief compared to non-opioids. … Actively tracking patient-reported symptoms should decrease the number of patients who are prescribed opioids … Dentists often preemptively prescribe opioids when the use of non-opiate medications may be more appropriate
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r21hs028119-hartung-final-report-2024.pdf
January 01, 2024 - There was no association between integration of PDMP and overall opioids prescribing, high dose
opioid … prescribing, and opioids prescribed with benzodiazepines or other opioids. … Opioid
polypharmacy (>=4 opioids from >=4 different prescribers) decreased significantly by -1.47 … prescriptions per providers (p=0.02)
Key Words: opioids, prescription drug monitoring programs, electronic … Measures:
Aim 1: PDMP query rates
Aim 2: Although the focus of our analyses is opioids prescribed
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/pccds-ln-opioid-action-plan-2019.pdf
January 01, 2019 - In 2017 alone, opioids were involved in 47,600
overdose deaths [4]. … Their discussion includes whether the patient
will need or want opioids after surgery. … Opioids are an important use
case with sufficiently
constrained scope to be
achievable and used … /
https://www.hhs.gov/opioids/
https://wire.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/10-ways-new-opioids-law-could-help-address-epidemic … "CDC guideline for prescribing opioids for chronic pain — United States."
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digital.ahrq.gov/2018-year-review/research-summary/emerging-innovative-newly-funded-research/using-patient-reported-data-reduce-opioid-use-dental-patients
January 01, 2018 - Actively tracking patient-reported symptoms should decrease the number of patients who are prescribed opioids … Dentists often preemptively prescribe opioids when the use of non-opiate medications may be more appropriate
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digital.ahrq.gov/program-overview/research-stories/sharing-decision-sharing-data-interoperable-clinical-decision-support-tool-chronic-pain-management
January 01, 2023 - Prescription of opioids has been under scrutiny in recent years to control inappropriate prescribing. … While opioids can be part of an appropriate treatment plan for people with chronic pain, Drs.
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/tools-optimizing-medication-safety-top-meds/annual-summary/2011
January 01, 2011 - High-risk commonly used drugs such as opioid analgesics are frequently selected and dosed improperly. … developing and validating a Webbased simulator to train prescribers in the proper selection and dosing of opioids
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/tools-optimizing-medication-safety-top-meds/annual-summary/2012
January 01, 2012 - High-risk commonly used drugs such as opioid analgesics are frequently selected and dosed improperly. … developing and validating a Web-based simulator to train prescribers in the proper selection and dosing of opioids
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/u18hs026135-white-final-report-2022.pdf
January 01, 2022 - This has led to an over-reliance on
pre-emptively prescribed opioids by dental providers because they … Use of Analgesic medications: We assessed the number of participating patients prescribed
opioids using … Further, nearly
50% of the prescribed opioids were given by 3 providers. … In fact, of the 327 patients receiving
opioids, 92.6% underwent an extraction. … Prescribing Opioid Analgesics for Acute Dental
Pain: Time to Change Clinical Practices in Response to
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/clinical-decision-support-chronic-pain-management-medstar
August 01, 2024 - It explored methodologies to identify patients at high risk of adverse outcomes from opioids. … The use case of the app changed from tapering of opioids to tracking of outcomes that included touch
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/implementation-guide.pdf
December 01, 2018 - • Recommendation #10: When prescribing opioids for chronic pain, clinicians should use
urine drug testing … Although inspired by the CDC Opioid Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for
Chronic Pain, this artifact … ,” “opioid analgesics,” “opioid agonist,” “narcotics,” and “analgesics,
opioids.” … CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids
for Chronic Pain – United States, 2016. … CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain —
United States, 2016.
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/scaling-interoperable-clinical-decision-support-patient-centered-chronic-pain-care
January 01, 2023 - Prescription of opioids has been under scrutiny in recent years to control inappropriate prescribing. … While opioids can be part of an appropriate treatment plan for people with chronic pain, Drs.
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digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/appendix-i-cdspain-patient-app-training.ppt
August 12, 2024 - Standard deviation =10 points)
It is reasonable to expect the mean pain scores for patients taking opioids
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digital.ahrq.gov/2020-year-review/research-summary/user-centered-decision-support-tools-chronic-pain
January 01, 2020 - is important to understand the best treatment plan for the patient, whether it involves prescribing opioids