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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/impact-opioid-administration-intensive-care-unit-and-subsequent-use-opioid-naive-patients
April 06, 2022 - Prescribing opioids to opioid-naïve patients after hospital discharge may lead to chronic use . … evaluated long-term opioid use among patients admitted directly to the ICU and who received intravenous opioids … View More
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Associations between stopping prescriptions for opioids
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/opioids-chronic-noncancer-pain-position-paper-american-academy-neurology
November 19, 2018 - Commentary
Opioids for chronic noncancer pain: a position paper of the American Academy … 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. … February 1, 2023
CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain - United
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/trends-medical-and-nonmedical-use-prescription-opioids-among-us-adolescents-1976-2015
January 23, 2019 - Study
Trends in medical and nonmedical use of prescription opioids among US adolescents … Trends in Medical and Nonmedical Use of Prescription Opioids Among US Adolescents: 1976-2015. … Trends in Medical and Nonmedical Use of Prescription Opioids Among US Adolescents: 1976-2015. … October 13, 2018
Hospital prescribing of opioids to Medicare beneficiaries.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45937/psn-pdf
September 29, 2017 - Prior research has shown that patients often receive opioids following
low-risk procedures, and they … variations in opioid prescribing practices among emergency
departments, with some physicians prescribing opioids … Notably, patients who received opioids from a high-intensity prescriber were
significantly more likely … to continue using opioids 12 months later—indicating a possible connection
between physician prescribing
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46720/psn-pdf
January 23, 2019 - Research has found that a significant proportion of adults
prescribed opioids in the short term remain … large, 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 … new-persistent-opioid-use-after-minor-and-major-surgical-procedures-us-adults
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/trends-medical-and-nonmedical-use-prescription-opioids-among-us-adolescents
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/loss-trust-and-missed-diagnosis
October 31, 2023 - Describe evidence-based first line treatments for low back pain and assess the appropriate role of opioid … The three themes of this case – low back pain, lung cancer screening and diagnosis, and opioid analgesics … Conversations about chronic pain management and opioid analgesics can be difficult but conveying genuine … Acute back pain should generally not be managed with opioid analgesics; instead, failure of symptom improvement … Stigma associated with opioid analgesics can contribute to diagnostic errors.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47754/psn-pdf
April 17, 2019 - raises awareness of potential harms associated with rapidly decreasing the dose of or
discontinuing opioids … It also announces a
requirement regarding changes to prescribing information for opioids to provide … fda-identifies-harm-reported-sudden-discontinuation-opioid-pain-medicines-and-requires-label
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/cdc-guideline-prescribing-opioids-chronic-pain-united-states
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/841474/psn-pdf
January 01, 2023 - deaths, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
released the Guidelines for Prescribing Opioids … factors-affect-opioid-quality-improvement-initiatives-primary-care-insights-ten-health
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/cdc-guideline-prescribing-opioids-chronic-pain-united-states … -2016
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/cdc-clinical-practice-guideline-prescribing-opioids-pain-united-states
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45959/psn-pdf
June 29, 2017 - https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/impact-opioid-safety-initiative-opioid-related-prescribing-veterans
Opioids … intervention reduced two unsafe prescribing practices: high-dose opioid prescriptions and
concurrent use of opioids … 2011-2015
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/mandatory-provider-review-and-pain-clinic-laws-reduce-amounts-opioids-prescribed-and-overdose … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/cdc-guideline-prescribing-opioids-chronic-pain-united-states-2016
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45979/psn-pdf
April 05, 2017 - issue/healthcare-system-wide-implementation-opioid-safety-guideline-
recommendations-case-urine-drug
Opioids … from 2010 to 2013, the risk of suicide and overdose events among VA patients receiving
prescription opioids … opioid-prescribing-after-nonfatal-overdose-and-association-repeated-overdose-cohort-study
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/cdc-guideline-prescribing-opioids-chronic-pain-united-states … -2016
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/hospital-prescribing-opioids-medicare-beneficiaries
https://psnet.ahrq.gov
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46820/psn-pdf
August 20, 2018 - issue/postsurgical-prescriptions-opioid-naive-patients-and-association-overdose-
and-misuse
Harm from opioids … investigators examined the effect of postoperative opioid prescribing in patients who had never received
opioids … As with prior studies, they found increased subsequent misuse of opioids among patients
who received … patient-safety-and-opioid-medications
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/wide-variation-and-overprescription-opioids-after-elective-surgery
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/effect-veterans-health-administration-mandate-case-review-patients-opioid-prescriptions
May 18, 2022 - Patients whose opioids were discontinued after case review showed even higher odds of mortality. … Association of dose tapering with overdose or mental health crisis among patients prescribed long-term opioids … An electronic intervention to improve safety for pain patients co-prescribed chronic opioids … April 7, 2019
Association between concurrent use of prescription opioids and benzodiazepines
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47526/psn-pdf
January 16, 2019 - US national trends in pediatric deaths from prescription
and illicit opioids, 1999–2016. … US National Trends in Pediatric Deaths From Prescription and
Illicit Opioids, 1999-2016. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/us-national-trends-pediatric-deaths-prescription-and-illicit-opioids-1999 … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/us-national-trends-pediatric-deaths-prescription-and-illicit-opioids-1999
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46119/psn-pdf
August 15, 2018 - Recent studies have shown that opioids are frequently prescribed in situations where
there is little … Investigators found that
patients with more severe injuries were more likely to be prescribed opioids … , focusing primarily
on reducing opioid use for chronic noncancer pain (where there is no evidence opioids … are beneficial) while
not denying opioids to those in acute pain from trauma or other reasons.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/74075/psn-pdf
November 17, 2021 - cdc-guideline-opioid-prescribing-associated-reduced-dispensing-certain-
patients-chronic-pain
Misuse of prescription opioids … release of the 2016 guidelines was associated with reductions in the percentage of
patients receiving opioids … perspective/opioid-overdose-patient-safety-problem
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/cdc-guideline-prescribing-opioids-chronic-pain-united-states
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/prescription-opioid-crisis-role-anaesthesiologist-reducing-opioid-use-and-misuse
November 16, 2022 - March 8, 2023
Inappropriate prescribing of opioids for patients undergoing surgery.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/no-shortcuts-safer-opioid-prescribing
March 30, 2016 - Related Resources From the Same Author(s)
CDC guideline for prescribing opioids … private Insurance, 2017
June 10, 2020
CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids … 1, 2018
Mandatory provider review and pain clinic laws reduce the amounts of opioids … and Quality
April 26, 2023
CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ahrq-announces-interest-health-services-research-address-opioids-crisis
November 10, 2021 - Announcement
AHRQ Announces Interest in Health Services Research to Address the Opioids … Citation Text:
AHRQ Announces Interest in Health Services Research to Address the Opioids Crisis. … Citation
Citation Text:
AHRQ Announces Interest in Health Services Research to Address the Opioids
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46915/psn-pdf
April 16, 2018 - development of the RIGHTT mnemonic (Risk for adverse event, Insight into pain, Going over pain plan,
Halting opioids … , Tossing unused opioids and Trouble identification) designed to help surgeons improve
safety of opioid … opioid-epidemic-what-can-surgeons-do-about-it
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/wide-variation-and-overprescription-opioids-after-elective-surgery
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/postoperative-opioid-prescribing-and-pain-scores-hospital-consumer-assessment-healthcare
January 29, 2020 - Concern has been raised that overprescribing of opioids may be an unintended consequence of efforts … August 16, 2017
Prescription of long-acting opioids and mortality in patients with chronic … July 31, 2017
Trends in medical and nonmedical use of prescription opioids among US adolescents