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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/hip-fracture-pain_consumer.pdf
May 01, 2011 - Opioid analgesics. Some common names for these drugs are
morphine, codeine, and oxycodone. … Common side effects of opioid analgesics include:
� Nausea, vomiting, and constipation. … doctor might use a nerve block to help ease your pain if you
cannot take medicines like NSAIDs or opioids
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/health-topics/opioid-abuse-and-addiction
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/nonopioid-pharm-chronic-pain-protocol.pdf
February 01, 2019 - The most common forms of pharmacologic treatment for pain include opioids, nonsteroidal anti-
inflammatory … Nationally, a concern regarding appropriate use, misuse, and diversion of opioids for treatment
of chronic … The 2016 CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic
Pain recommends that nonopioid therapy is … Concerns regarding the use of opioids for management of chronic pain
are outlined in both the IOM report … CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain--United
States, 2016.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/migraine-emergency_disposition-comments.pdf
November 27, 2012 - Opioids do not ‘cause ‘ relapse; rather they
are associated with a higher risk of relapse. … For example, the routes of administration of
opioids DHE not always clear in the text. … We summarize the results for opioids in the
discussion section. … that opioids were compared with various other
agents including other opioids. … The specific
opioids are listed in the table.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/cer-227-noninvasive-nonpharm-chronic-pain-comments.pdf
April 16, 2020 - Patients are
usually presented with a single copay for a month’s supply of
opioids versus a copay for … No RCTs that compared such
interventions to opioids were identified. … There are two concurrent reviews, one on opioids
and the other on non-opioid pharmacologic
treatments … Given that studies did not directly
compare the nonpharmacologic interventios to
opioids, extensive … Our concurrent reviews on opioids and nonopioid
pharmacologic treatments address the effectiveness
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/main-apps-surv-report-2-acute-pain.pdf
May 01, 2022 - Preoperative education included information on the opioid epidemic, risks of opioids, safe use of
opioids … pain, but opioids
were less effective than acetaminophen for kidney stone pain. … Transdermal patches,
topical opioids
f. … Can we eliminate opioids after anterior
cruciate ligament reconstruction? … Opioid analgesics and persistent pain after
an acute pain emergency department visit:
evidence from
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-193-naloxone-executive-summary.pdf
November 01, 2017 - and Burden of Opioid
Overdose
Addiction and overdoses associated with
prescription and illicit opioids … Health and Human Services as a national
crisis.1 Since 2000, the rate of overdose
deaths involving opioids … deaths are now
the leading cause of injury-related death
in the United States.4 Overdoses due to
opioids … In 2015, the number of drug overdose
deaths involving prescription or illicit
opioids exceeded 33,000 … Drug-poisoning deaths
involving opioid analgesics: United States, 1999-2011. NCHS
Data Brief 166.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/main-apps-surv-report-3-acute-pain.pdf
June 01, 2022 - pain, but opioids were less effective than acetaminophen for kidney stone
pain. … Transdermal patches,
topical opioids
f. … An anti-
inflammatory bundle may help avoid
opioids for low-risk outpatient procedures. … Can we eliminate opioids after anterior
cruciate ligament reconstruction? … Opioid analgesics and persistent pain after
an acute pain emergency department visit:
evidence from
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/opioid-use-disorder_disposition-comments.pdf
December 06, 2016 - to take on the vexing question of what
to do with patients on chronically high and unsafe
doses of opioid … analgesics, who nonetheless do NOT
meet strict criteria for an opioid use disorder, for
example because … , reduce the craving for
opioids. … /atod/opioids) also refers to
abuse and misuse of opioids, so we kept the
term abuse here; however, … Kids being treated with opioid analgesics,
and their risks for misuse and addiction, especially
given
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/TND-0651-131114.pdf
June 20, 2013 - routine
imaging, self-care, education, pharmacological therapies (e.g., NSAIDs, acetaminophen,
opioids … (Including NSAIDs, acetaminophen, opioids, antiseizure medications,
antidepressants, corticosteroids
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/substance-abuse-horizon-scan-high-impact-1406.pdf
January 01, 2020 - that emerged as having high-impact potential address opioid overdose (both
prescription and illicit opioids … to relatively inexpensive illicit opioid drugs, such as heroin, and
increased use of prescription opioids … for reversing
opioid overdose, fatal opioid overdoses—especially heroin and illicit prescription opioids … for pain management and illegal use of
prescription opioids have contributed to nationwide increases … patients may be slow to adopt this
intervention because it would indirectly broadcast their use of opioids
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/back-pain-treatment_disposition-comments.pdf
February 29, 2016 - Opioids: insufficient mention of harms
related to long-term risks. … The Furlan systematic review was
not included since it evaluated
opioids for any chronic pain. … The long-
term harms of opioids are extremely
serious. … Opioid analgesics
such as oxycodone hydrocodone and
methadone were involved in about 3 of
every 4 … pharmaceutical overdose deaths
16651 confirming the predominant role
opioid analgesics play in drug
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pdf/mhs-IV-epc-grand-rounds-slides.pptx
January 01, 2023 - Practice Center
Opioid Stewardship
Can be defined as “rational prescribing, use and deprescribing of opioids … Less likely to be treated with opioids in NRCT
Clinical Outcomes:
NRCT with no change in pain, 1 RCT … RCT with intervention group more likely to be satisfied with pain management Two RCTs with reduced opioids … Improving Opioid Management in Primary Care
AHRQ’s Clinical Decision Support (CDC) Connect Artifacts on Opioids … ’ Opioid Taskforce Playbook
Society for Hospital Medicine’s Reducing Adverse Drug Events Related to Opioids
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/nonpharma-treatment-pain_research-protocol-amended.pdf
September 20, 2017 - nonsteroidal anti-
inflammatory drugs, acetaminophen, antiseizure medications,
antidepressants)
• Opioid … analgesics
o Key Questions 1-4, 6, subquestion “c”: Exercise
o Key Question 5, 6, subquestion “c”: … pharmacological
therapy (NSAIDS,
acetaminophen, anti-seizure
medications,
antidepressants)
• Opioid … analgesics
KQs 1-4, 6 subquestion c
• Exercise†
KQ 5, 6 subquestion c
• Biofeedback‡
All KQs: … Efficacy of opioids for chronic pain: a review of the evidence.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/peripheral-nerve-block-protocol.pdf
November 18, 2023 - and neurovascular responses, cardiac
stress, and a longer physiologic surgical stress response.5–8 Opioids … are the mainstay of acute
postoperative pain management.9,10 However, opioids are associated not only … Opioids Prescribed After Low-Risk
Surgical Procedures in the United States, 2004-2012. … In-hospital use of
opioids increases rate of coded postoperative paralytic ileus. … BOPv1U
undergoing surgery: unequal burden on younger girls with higher doses of opioids.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/opioid-use-disorder_research-protocol.pdf
February 24, 2016 - Department of Health &
Human Services as a national crisis.1 OUD involves misuse or abuse of prescription
opioids … .15 The purpose of the medication component is to block the euphoric and
sedating effects of other opioids … , reduce the craving for other opioids, and/or mitigate the
symptoms of opioid withdrawal. … Trends in use
of opioids for non-cancer pain conditions 2000-2005 in commercial and Medicaid insurance … America’s Addiction to Opioids: Heroin and Prescription Drug Abuse.
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/app-e-surv-report-3-acute-pain.xlsx
May 29, 2025 - B
Opioid use (mean [SD] tablets): 6.33 (7.1) vs. 5.69 (5.8), p=0.24
Consumed opioids postoperatively: … (1.90) vs. 1.84 (1.29) day 1, p=0.01; 3.14 (2.12) vs. 3.29 (2.14) day 7, p=0.17 NR NR
Escalated to opioids … B
Days taking opioids (mean [range]): 3 (1-5) vs. 5 (2-8), p<0.001
Total morphine equivalents (mean [ … thyroid and parathyroid surgery Postoperative opt-in narcotics treatment vs. usual care A: Preoperative opioids … education (postoperative opt-in narcotics treatment, with opioids given only at patient request)
B:
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/app-e-surv-report-2-acute-pain.xlsx
May 29, 2025 - B
Opioid use (mean [SD] tablets): 6.33 (7.1) vs. 5.69 (5.8), p=0.24
Consumed opioids postoperatively: … (1.90) vs. 1.84 (1.29) day 1, p=0.01; 3.14 (2.12) vs. 3.29 (2.14) day 7, p=0.17 NR NR
Escalated to opioids … B
Days taking opioids (mean [range]): 3 (1-5) vs. 5 (2-8), p<0.001
Total morphine equivalents (mean [ … thyroid and parathyroid surgery Postoperative opt-in narcotics treatment vs. usual care A: Preoperative opioids … education (postoperative opt-in narcotics treatment, with opioids given only at patient request)
B:
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/substance-abuse-horizon-scan-high-impact-1412.pdf
December 01, 2014 - Inexpensive and readily available illicit opioid
drugs, such as heroin, and increased use of prescription opioids … Opioid Overdose by Nonclinicians
Key Facts: Fatal opioid overdoses of both prescription and illicit opioids … that patients may be slower to adopt
this intervention than families or friends of patients taking opioids … , as it could inadvertently expose
an individual’s use of opioids.18 Overall, experts commented that
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/living-systematic-reviews-full-text-articles-white-paper.pdf
January 01, 2024 - In the case of opioids,5
serious potential harms include risk of opioid use disorder and overdose. … CDC
guideline for prescribing opioids for chronic
pain– United States, 2016. … CDC
guideline for prescribing opioids for chronic
pain - United States, 2016. … Concomitant cannabis abuse/dependence in
patients treated with opioids for non-cancer
pain. … Concomitant cannabis abuse/dependence in
patients treated with opioids for non-cancer
pain.