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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 
 
 
 
 
 
 Related Resources 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Associations between stopping prescriptions for opioids
                                     
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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/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/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/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/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/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/node/47694/psn-pdf
February 06, 2019 - 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 … opioid-prescribing-decreases-after-learning-patients-fatal-overdose
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/cdc-guideline-prescribing-opioids-chronic-pain-united-states
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47134/psn-pdf
March 04, 2019 - Implementation of the new
regulation was associated with an unexpected increase in the amount of opioids … prescription refill rates decreased, overall there was no significant difference in the total amount of
opioids … patient-safety-and-opioid-medications
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/wide-variation-and-overprescription-opioids-after-elective-surgery … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/wide-variation-and-overprescription-opioids-after-elective-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/issue/new-persistent-opioid-use-after-minor-and-major-surgical-procedures-us-adults
April 18, 2019 - Overprescribing  by providers is one factor contributing to the widespread use of opioids. … Strategies to identify patient risks of prescription opioid addiction when initiating opioids … September 29, 2017 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Prescription of long-acting opioids and mortality in patients with … July 31, 2017 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Are physicians safely prescribing opioids for chronic noncancer pain?
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/association-state-opioid-duration-limits-postoperative-opioid-prescribing
April 18, 2019 - February 15, 2023 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Inappropriate prescribing of opioids for patients undergoing surgery
                                     
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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/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
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47868/psn-pdf
March 20, 2019 - an effort to raise awareness of the potential for patient harm
due to lack of legitimate access to opioids … other-opioid-crisis-hospital-shortages-lead-patient-pain-medical-errors
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/cdc-guideline-prescribing-opioids-chronic-pain-united-states … -2016
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/cdc-guideline-prescribing-opioids-chronic-pain-united-states-2016
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47163/psn-pdf
August 15, 2018 - study describes a quality improvement program that included chart review of patients taking high-dose
opioids … in a decrease in overall opioid use as well as a reduction in coprescribing of
benzodiazepines and opioids … patient-safety-and-opioid-medications
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/association-between-concurrent-use-prescription-opioids-and-benzodiazepines-and-overdose
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47269/psn-pdf
August 15, 2018 - AHRQ Announces Interest in Health Services Research to
Address the Opioids Crisis. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ahrq-announces-interest-health-services-research-address-opioids-crisis … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/ahrq-announces-interest-health-services-research-address-opioids-crisis