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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46431/psn-pdf
November 22, 2017 - Prescription Opioids: Medicare Needs to Expand
Oversight Efforts to Reduce the Risk of Harm. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/prescription-opioids-medicare-needs-expand-oversight-efforts-reduce-risk … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/wide-variation-and-overprescription-opioids-after-elective-surgery
https … ://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/opioids-medicare-part-d-concerns-about-extreme-use-and-questionable-prescribing … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/hospital-prescribing-opioids-medicare-beneficiaries
https://psnet.ahrq.gov
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/stop-measure-safe-and-transparent-opioid-prescribing-promote-patient-safety-and-reduced-risk
October 30, 2019 - HHS Guide for Clinicians on the Appropriate Dosage Reduction or Discontinuation of Long-Term Opioid … Analgesics. … October 30, 2019
Patient Options for Safe and Effective Disposal of Unused Opioids. … May 16, 2018
Prescription Opioids: Medicare Needs to Expand Oversight Efforts to Reduce
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/association-opioid-prescriptions-dental-clinicians-us-adolescents-and-young-adults-subsequent
May 18, 2022 - The authors urge caution in prescribing opioids to adolescents. … July 29, 2020
Assessment of potentially inappropriate prescribing of opioid analgesics … April 18, 2019
Opioids and Dentistry.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46472/psn-pdf
August 20, 2018 - Wide variation and overprescription of opioids after
elective surgery. … Wide Variation and Overprescription of Opioids After Elective
Surgery. … Nearly all patients were prescribed opioids after elective surgery. … The median amount of opioids
prescribed, 375 oral morphine equivalents, was nearly twice the maximum … Quantity of
opioids prescribed differed by sex, body weight, age, and diagnosis, and there were also
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/841773/psn-pdf
December 21, 2022 - Inappropriate prescribing of opioids for patients
undergoing surgery. … Inappropriate prescribing of opioids for patients undergoing
surgery. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/inappropriate-prescribing-opioids-patients-undergoing-surgery
Safe prescribing … Findings suggest intentional, clinically inappropriate prescribing of
opioids. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/inappropriate-prescribing-opioids-patients-undergoing-surgery
https://psnet.ahrq.gov
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/837209/psn-pdf
May 25, 2022 - Opioids and falls risk in older adults: a narrative review. … Opioids and falls risk in older adults: a narrative review. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/opioids-and-falls-risk-older-adults-narrative-review
Preventing falls is … This article summarizes the relationship between
prescription opioids and risk of falls among older … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/opioids-and-falls-risk-older-adults-narrative-review
https://psnet.ahrq.gov
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psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-katie-j-suda-pharmd-ms
December 07, 2020 - PDMP before prescribing opioids. … engage in patient counseling and risk screening prior to prescribing an opioid. 15 Prescribing non-opioid … analgesics with a clear escalation plan in place with patients, should pain continue or worsen may also … Overprescribing of opioids to adults by dentists in the US, 2011-2015. … Summary of State Legislation and Regulations Addressing Prescription Drugs and Opioids.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46115/psn-pdf
May 17, 2017 - Association between concurrent use of prescription
opioids and benzodiazepines and overdose: retrospective … Association between concurrent use of prescription opioids and
benzodiazepines and overdose: retrospective … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/association-between-concurrent-use-prescription-opioids-and-
benzodiazepines-and-overdose … Concurrent use of opioids and benzodiazepines increases risk for adverse drug events. … was greater for patients with
concurrent use of these two medication classes compared to patients on opioids
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/73475/psn-pdf
July 07, 2021 - Opioids in the United Kingdom: safety and surveillance
during COVID-19.
July 7, 2021
Osborne V. … Opioids in the United Kingdom: safety and surveillance during COVID-19. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/opioids-united-kingdom-safety-and-surveillance-during-covid-19
The opioid … Of studies conducted during
the pandemic, most explored the impact of the pandemic on access to opioids … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/opioids-united-kingdom-safety-and-surveillance-during-covid-19
https://psnet.ahrq.gov
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46724/psn-pdf
April 12, 2019 - issue/association-household-opioid-availability-and-prescription-opioid-initiation-
among-household
Opioids … remains uncertain
whether individuals living in a household with a patient receiving prescription opioids … are more likely to
initiate prescription opioids. … 2014, this retrospective cohort study found that
12,695,280 individuals were exposed to prescription opioids … The risk of opioid initiation in the following year among those exposed to
prescription opioids was
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/74870/psn-pdf
April 11, 2022 - Proposed 2022 CDC clinical practice guideline for
prescribing opioids. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/proposed-2022-cdc-clinical-practice-guideline-prescribing-opioids-notice … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/proposed-2022-cdc-clinical-practice-guideline-prescribing-opioids-notice-centers-disease … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/proposed-2022-cdc-clinical-practice-guideline-prescribing-opioids-notice-centers-disease … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/cdc-guideline-prescribing-opioids-chronic-pain-united-states-2016
https
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49690/psn-pdf
September 01, 2013 - List the most common errors made in prescribing opioids for non-cancer pain. … Outline appropriate monitoring for patients prescribed opioids for non-cancer pain. … Appreciate the need to risk stratify patients on opioids for non-cancer pain. … The patient in this case was prescribed opioids for his low back pain. … It is well known that high doses of opioids
as well as the combination of multiple opioids, illicit
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/outpatient-opioid-prescriptions-children-and-opioid-related-adverse-events
July 31, 2017 - less toxic analgesics for dental procedures and choosing alternatives to codeine for children who need opioids … Citation
Related Resources From the Same Author(s)
Prescription of long-acting opioids … 27, 2018
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Physician prescribing of opioids … April 25, 2018
Overdose risk in young children of women prescribed opioids.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44785/psn-pdf
January 27, 2016 - Reducing Adverse Drug Events Related to Opioids
Implementation Guide. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/reducing-adverse-drug-events-related-opioids-implementation-guide
Opioids … to assess processes, identify best practices,
and engage staff to reduce adverse events involving opioids … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/reducing-adverse-drug-events-related-opioids-implementation-guide
https: … //psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/safe-use-opioids-hospitals
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/addressing-opioid-misuse
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44927/psn-pdf
March 30, 2016 - CDC guideline for prescribing opioids for chronic
pain—United States, 2016. … CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain - United States,
2016. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/cdc-guideline-prescribing-opioids-chronic-pain-united-states-2016
Opioid … The guidelines also suggest minimizing concurrent use of opioids and other sedating medications
and … A previous WebM&M commentary describes an adverse
event related to opioids.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45368/psn-pdf
September 27, 2016 - Access to prescription opioids—Primum Non Nocere: a
teachable moment. … Access to Prescription Opioids-Primum Non Nocere: A Teachable
Moment. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/access-prescription-opioids-primum-non-nocere-teachable-moment
Insufficient … medication counseling and suboptimal prescribing practices contribute to misuse of opioids
among patients … Describing a patient who became addicted to prescription opioids as a teenager after
finding the medication
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46319/psn-pdf
August 09, 2017 - Opioids in Medicare Part D: Concerns About Extreme Use
and Questionable Prescribing. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/opioids-medicare-part-d-concerns-about-extreme-use-and-questionable-
prescribing … Misuse of prescription opioids represents a serious patient safety issue. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/hospital-prescribing-opioids-medicare-beneficiaries
https://psnet.ahrq.gov … /issue/opioids-pain-management-older-adults-strategies-safe-prescribing
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45650/psn-pdf
December 14, 2016 - Are physicians safely prescribing opioids for chronic
noncancer pain? … Are Physicians Safely Prescribing Opioids for Chronic
Noncancer Pain? … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/are-physicians-safely-prescribing-opioids-chronic-noncancer-pain-systematic … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/are-physicians-safely-prescribing-opioids-chronic-noncancer-pain-systematic-review-current … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/reducing-adverse-drug-events-related-opioids-implementation-guide
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33833/psn-pdf
May 01, 2017 - Opioids have been around for forever. … A typical story
is somebody who started opioids for a bad hip or back. … One year later, what percent of them were using opioids: 10%. … And 10% of them were using opioids a year later. … There is a role
for the use of opioids in the treatment of chronic pain.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/prescription-opioid-use-misuse-and-use-disorders-us-adults-2015-national-survey-drug-use-and
October 17, 2012 - More than one-third of adults reported using prescription opioids in the past year and nearly 5% reported … misusing opioids (defined as any use not directed by a physician, including use without a prescription … The majority of patients who misused opioids did so without a prescription, with many patients obtaining … opioids from friends or relatives. … Among those who misused opioids, most did so seeking relief from pain —indicating that untreated pain