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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45656/psn-pdf
August 01, 2017 - Prescription of long-acting opioids and mortality in
patients with chronic noncancer pain. … Prescription of Long-Acting Opioids and Mortality in Patients With
Chronic Noncancer Pain. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/prescription-long-acting-opioids-and-mortality-patients-chronic-noncancer-pain … In this retrospective study,
researchers found that the use of long-acting opioids in patients with … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/prescription-long-acting-opioids-and-mortality-patients-chronic-noncancer-pain
                                     
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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/issue/findings-naloxone-database-and-its-utilization-improve-safety-and-education-tertiary-care
April 12, 2023 - 16, 2024 
 
 
 
 
 
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/risk-adverse-drug-events-neonates-treated-opioids-and-effect-bar-code-assisted-medication
May 21, 2009 - Study 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Risk of adverse drug events in neonates treated with opioids and the effect … Risk of adverse drug events in neonates treated with opioids and the effect of a bar-code-assisted medication … This study observed that neonates receiving opioids in the intensive care setting were at increased risk … Risk of adverse drug events in neonates treated with opioids and the effect of a bar-code-assisted medication
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43606/psn-pdf
October 15, 2014 - Opioids for chronic noncancer pain: a position paper of
the American Academy of Neurology. … Opioids for chronic noncancer pain: a position paper of the American
Academy of Neurology. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/opioids-chronic-noncancer-pain-position-paper-american-academy-neurology … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/opioids-chronic-noncancer-pain-position-paper-american-academy-neurology … vital-signs-overdoses-prescription-opioid-pain-relievers-united-states-1999-2008
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/safe-use-opioids-hospitals
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/836850/psn-pdf
March 31, 2022 - addresses three topics—reducing adverse drug events (ADEs) in older adults, reducing harms
due to opioids … , and the number of days that opioids
were supplied. … CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain – United
States, 2016. … Opioids: What’s New. … https://www.ahrq.gov/opioids/whats-new/index.html
9. Bohnert ASB, Guy GP Jr, Losby JL.
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/association-pharmaceutical-industry-marketing-opioid-products-mortality-opioid-related
November 17, 2021 - Little is known as to the extent to which direct-to-provider marketing of opioids by pharmaceutical companies … influences  physician prescribing  and patient mortality related to overdose from prescription opioids … Further analysis revealed that marketing to providers was associated with increased prescribing of opioids … January 23, 2019 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 US national trends in pediatric deaths from prescription and illicit opioids
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/opioid-overdose
April 06, 2022 - October 25, 2017 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 CDC guideline for prescribing opioids for chronic pain—United States
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/parenteral-opioid-shortage-treating-pain-during-opioid-overdose-epidemic
January 31, 2024 - The author highlights how the  shortages  of certain  parenteral opioids  can cause  patient harm  and
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/cdc-guideline-opioid-prescribing-associated-reduced-dispensing-certain-patients-chronic-pain
October 13, 2018 - Misuse of prescription  opioids  represents a  serious   patient safety  issue. … release of the 2016 guidelines was associated with reductions in the percentage of patients receiving opioids … June 30, 2021 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain - United … January 18, 2023 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Inappropriate prescribing of opioids for patients undergoing surgery … July 20, 2022 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Proposed 2022 CDC clinical practice guideline for prescribing opioids.
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/opioid-prescribing-after-nonfatal-overdose-and-association-repeated-overdose-cohort-study
January 23, 2019 - More than 90% of patients were prescribed opioids following such events, and within 2 years up to 17% … March 3, 2011 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Physician prescribing of opioids to patients at increased risk of overdose … December 31, 2014 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Access to prescription opioids—Primum Non Nocere: a teachable moment … April 17, 2019 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Hospital prescribing of opioids to Medicare beneficiaries. … July 10, 2017 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Trends in medical and nonmedical use of prescription opioids among US adolescents
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45159/psn-pdf
June 15, 2016 - issue/opioid-abuse-chronic-pain-misconceptions-and-mitigation-strategies
The misuse of prescription opioids … contribute to this epidemic and clarifies current evidence
to address misunderstandings about therapeutic opioids … opioid-abuse-chronic-pain-misconceptions-and-mitigation-strategies
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/safe-use-opioids-hospitals … quantifying-burden-opioid-medication-errors-adult-oncology-and-palliative-care-settings
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/cdc-guideline-prescribing-opioids-chronic-pain-united-states … 2016
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/attacking-opioid-crisis-head-health-it
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/opioids-chronic-noncancer-pain-position-paper-american-academy-neurology
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/miscalculated-risk
March 01, 2015 - analgesics. … analgesics, particularly when starting treatment or changing doses. … In general, use of long-acting opioid analgesics should be reserved for persons who are opioid-tolerant … Opioid analgesics. In: McCaffery M, Pasero C, eds. Pain: Clinical Manual. 2nd ed. St. … Confusion between opioid analgesics results in deaths. USP Quality Review No. 46. February 1995.
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/predictors-hospital-postoperative-opioid-overdose-after-major-elective-operations-nationally
March 17, 2021 - finding suggests that high-risk patient characteristics should be taken into account in prescribing opioids … February 8, 2023 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Inappropriate prescribing of opioids for patients undergoing surgery … Strategies to identify patient risks of prescription opioid addiction when initiating opioids … September 25, 2018 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Opioids prescribed after low-risk surgical procedures in the United
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/persistent-opioid-use-among-pediatric-patients-after-surgery
January 29, 2020 - Research has found that a significant proportion of adults prescribed opioids in the short term remain … , commercial health care claims database to determine whether  children  and adolescents prescribed opioids … following surgery were more likely to be prescribed opioids 3 to 6 months later, compared to children … April 24, 2018 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Trends in medical and nonmedical use of prescription opioids among US
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patterns-potential-opioid-misuse-and-subsequent-adverse-outcomes-medicare-2008-2012
June 30, 2021 - Researchers defined six possible indicators of opioid misuse (e.g., obtaining opioids from more than … June 28, 2017 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Inappropriate prescribing of opioids for patients undergoing surgery. … January 23, 2019 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Clinicians' perceptions of medication errors with opioids in cancer … August 2, 2017 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Association between concurrent use of prescription opioids and benzodiazepines
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/844775/psn-pdf
September 11, 2019 - association-primary-care-clinic-appointment-time-opioid-prescribing
The root causes of the opioid epidemic are complex, but inappropriate prescribing of opioids … (which
includes both prescribing opioids in situations where they are not indicated as well as excessive … prescribing rose considerably as the workday progressed; clinicians were also more likely to prescribe
opioids … time-day-and-decision-prescribe-antibiotics
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/wide-variation-and-overprescription-opioids-after-elective-surgery
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47153/psn-pdf
October 12, 2018 - Clinicians' perceptions of medication errors with opioids
in cancer and palliative care services: a … Clinicians' perceptions of medication errors with opioids in cancer and
palliative care services: a … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/clinicians-perceptions-medication-errors-opioids-cancer-and-palliative-care … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/clinicians-perceptions-medication-errors-opioids-cancer-and-palliative-care-services-priority … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/clinicians-perceptions-medication-errors-opioids-cancer-and-palliative-care-services-priority
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/burden-opioid-related-mortality-united-states
June 02, 2021 - 14, 2020 
 
 
 
 
 
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 Prescription of long-acting opioids and mortality in patients with chronic … February 1, 2017 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/39429/psn-pdf
April 07, 2010 - Opioids, iatrogenic harm and disclosure of medical error.
April 7, 2010
Blinderman CD. … Opioids, iatrogenic harm and disclosure of medical error. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/opioids-iatrogenic-harm-and-disclosure-medical-error
Through a case discussion … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/opioids-iatrogenic-harm-and-disclosure-medical-error