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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/opioids-and-dentistry
November 12, 2014 - Special or Theme Issue 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Opioids and Dentistry. … Citation Text: 
 Opioids and Dentistry. … The use of opioids in various care environments to address acute pain contributes to the  opioid crisis … Linkedin 
 
 
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 How to maximize patient safety when prescribing opioids.
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/prescription-opioid-analgesics-commonly-unused-after-surgery-systematic-review
March 30, 2022 - Review 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Prescription opioid analgesics commonly unused after surgery: a systematic … Prescription Opioid Analgesics Commonly Unused After Surgery. … Diversion  of unused prescription opioids is a growing patient safety concern. … Prescription Opioid Analgesics Commonly Unused After Surgery. … July 29, 2020 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Assessment of potentially inappropriate prescribing of opioid analgesics
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/assessment-potentially-inappropriate-prescribing-opioid-analgesics-requiring-prior-opioid
October 19, 2022 - Study 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Assessment of potentially inappropriate prescribing of opioid analgesics requiring … Assessment of potentially inappropriate prescribing of opioid analgesics requiring prior opioid tolerance … Assessment of potentially inappropriate prescribing of opioid analgesics requiring prior opioid tolerance … March 1, 2023 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Inappropriate prescribing of opioids for patients undergoing surgery. … October 21, 2020 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Associations between stopping prescriptions for opioids, length of opioid
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/efficacy-tolerability-and-dose-dependent-effects-opioid-analgesics-low-back-pain-systematic
March 02, 2011 - Review 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Efficacy, tolerability, and dose-dependent effects of opioid analgesics for … Efficacy, Tolerability, and Dose-Dependent Effects of Opioid Analgesics for Low Back Pain: A Systematic … Efficacy, Tolerability, and Dose-Dependent Effects of Opioid Analgesics for Low Back Pain: A Systematic … June 19, 2019 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Clinicians' perceptions of medication errors with opioids in cancer and … December 21, 2016 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Are physicians safely prescribing opioids for chronic noncancer pain
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/provider-bias-prescribing-opioid-analgesics-study-electronic-medical-records-hospital
September 30, 2020 - Study 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Provider bias in prescribing opioid analgesics: a study of electronic medical … Provider bias in prescribing opioid analgesics: a study of electronic medical records at a hospital emergency … large U.S. hospital, researchers found that providers were significantly less likely to prescribe  opioids … during constrained diagnostic situations and less likely to prescribe opioids to high-risk patients … Provider bias in prescribing opioid analgesics: a study of electronic medical records at a hospital emergency
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/access-prescription-opioids-primum-non-nocere-teachable-moment
July 02, 2019 - Commentary 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Access to prescription opioids—Primum Non Nocere: a teachable moment. … Access to Prescription Opioids-Primum Non Nocere: A Teachable Moment. … Insufficient medication counseling  and  suboptimal  prescribing practices contribute to misuse of opioids … Access to Prescription Opioids-Primum Non Nocere: A Teachable Moment. … January 23, 2019 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Assessment of potentially inappropriate prescribing of opioid analgesics
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/curated-library/opioid-stewardship
December 15, 2024 - Much of the epidemic can be ascribed to inappropriate prescribing of opioids, despite knowledge of the … WebM&M features two cases involving patients undergoing surgical procedures who received perioperative opioid … analgesics to aid in pain and... … WebM&M features two cases involving patients undergoing surgical procedures who received perioperative opioid … analgesics to aid in pain and sedation efforts and who experienced adverse events due to opioid stacking
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/safe-use-opioids-hospitals
February 28, 2018 - Sentinel Event Alerts 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Safe use of opioids in hospitals. … Because these medications are frequently used to treat acute pain in the hospital, opioids account for
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/wide-variation-and-overprescription-opioids-after-elective-surgery
April 24, 2018 - Study 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 Wide variation and overprescription of opioids … Wide Variation and Overprescription of Opioids After Elective Surgery. … Nearly all patients were prescribed opioids after elective surgery. … Wide Variation and Overprescription of Opioids After Elective Surgery. … December 19, 2017 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Prescription opioid analgesics commonly unused after surgery: a systematic
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/quantifying-burden-opioid-medication-errors-adult-oncology-and-palliative-care-settings
May 22, 2019 - Opioids are commonly used to manage pain in patients with cancer and those near the end of life. … Although opioids offer many therapeutic benefits, they are also a known  high-risk medication . … This lack of data hinders better understanding of the balance between risks and benefits of opioids in … August 23, 2017 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Efficacy, tolerability, and dose-dependent effects of opioid analgesics … January 5, 2017 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 How to maximize patient safety when prescribing opioids.
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/844800/psn-pdf
September 25, 2019 - Patient Options for Safe and Effective Disposal of Unused
Opioids. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-options-safe-and-effective-disposal-unused-opioids
One strategy … Examining programs to safely collect unused prescription opioids for disposal and patient awareness and … that many adults are unaware these programs exist or choose to
retain or sell unused prescription opioids … /primer/opioid-safety
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/prescription-opioid-analgesics-commonly-unused-after-surgery-systematic-review
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/prescription-opioids-medicare-needs-expand-oversight-efforts-reduce-risk-harm
December 06, 2017 - Book/Report 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Prescription Opioids: Medicare Needs to Expand Oversight Efforts to Reduce … Citation Text: 
 Prescription Opioids: Medicare Needs to Expand Oversight Efforts to Reduce the Risk … December 9, 2020 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Patient Options for Safe and Effective Disposal of Unused Opioids. … outpatient measures for reduction of adverse drug events from anticoagulants, diabetes agents, and opioid … analgesics.
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/import/webmm.ahrq.gov.332_slideshow.ppt
September 01, 2014 - Anesthesiology. 2012;116:248-273. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22227789
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Using Opioid Analgesics … Once a decision is made to use opioid analgesics to manage acute post-operative pain, it is important … J Pain. 2009;10:113-130. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19187889
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To optimally calculate and titrate doses, it’s often easiest to convert to "oral morphine … analgesics to maximize analgesia and reduce opioid requirements.
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/physician-prescribing-opioids-patients-increased-risk-overdose-benzodiazepine-use-united
September 27, 2016 - Study 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 Physician prescribing of opioids … Physician Prescribing of Opioids to Patients at Increased Risk of Overdose From Benzodiazepine Use in … Patients prescribed  opioids and benzodiazepines  concurrently may be at increased risk for  adverse … Physician Prescribing of Opioids to Patients at Increased Risk of Overdose From Benzodiazepine Use in … October 3, 2018 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Assessment of potentially inappropriate prescribing of opioid analgesics
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/postsurgical-prescriptions-opioid-naive-patients-and-association-overdose-and-misuse
October 19, 2022 - Harm from  opioids  is a widely recognized patient safety concern. … As with  prior studies , they found increased subsequent misuse of opioids among patients who received … April 18, 2019 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Wide variation and overprescription of opioids after elective surgery. … August 17, 2018 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Correlation between 24-hour predischarge opioid use and amount of opioids … December 19, 2017 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Prescription opioid analgesics commonly unused after surgery: a systematic
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/are-physicians-safely-prescribing-opioids-chronic-noncancer-pain-systematic-review-current
November 07, 2018 - Review 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Are physicians safely prescribing opioids for chronic noncancer pain? … Are Physicians Safely Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Noncancer Pain? … Are Physicians Safely Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Noncancer Pain? … December 21, 2017 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Prescription opioid analgesics commonly unused after surgery: a systematic … May 31, 2017 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Efficacy, tolerability, and dose-dependent effects of opioid analgesics
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33824/psn-pdf
January 01, 2016 - Recent
years have seen increasingly frequent reports of harms, to the point that in 2016 opioids became … Moreover, an analysis of new
prescriptions of long-acting opioids for chronic noncancer pain showed … effectiveness-and-risks-long-term-opioid-therapy-chronic-pain-systematic-review-national
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/efficacy-tolerability-and-dose-dependent-effects-opioid-analgesics-low-back-pain-systematic … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/efficacy-tolerability-and-dose-dependent-effects-opioid-analgesics-low-back-pain-systematic … –2010, despite the lack of evidence
regarding the benefit of using opioids in this setting.
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/print/pdf/node/867658
January 26, 2022 - Much of the epidemic can be
ascribed to inappropriate prescribing of opioids, despite knowledge of the … WebM&M features two cases involving patients undergoing surgical procedures who received
perioperative opioid … analgesics to aid in pain and sedation efforts and who experienced adverse events
due to opioid stacking … WebM&M features two cases involving patients undergoing surgical procedures who received
perioperative opioid … analgesics to aid in pain and sedation efforts and who experienced adverse events
due to opioid stacking
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46335/psn-pdf
December 19, 2017 - Prescription opioid analgesics commonly unused after
surgery: a systematic review. … Prescription Opioid Analgesics Commonly Unused After Surgery. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/prescription-opioid-analgesics-commonly-unused-after-surgery-systematic- … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/prescription-opioid-analgesics-commonly-unused-after-surgery-systematic-review … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/prescription-opioid-analgesics-commonly-unused-after-surgery-systematic-review
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/opioid-medication-discontinuation-and-risk-adverse-opioid-related-health-care-events
November 16, 2022 - Nearly half of patients who had opioids suddenly discontinued or with short  tapering  lengths experienced … October 10, 2018 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Assessment of potentially inappropriate prescribing of opioid analgesics … January 18, 2023 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Inappropriate prescribing of opioids for patients undergoing surgery … Association of dose tapering with overdose or mental health crisis among patients prescribed long-term opioids … August 25, 2021 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Assessment of potentially inappropriate prescribing of opioid analgesics