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21. Opioid Safety | PSNet
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    December 15, 2024 - Although this class of medications has always been considered high risk, prescribing of opioids increased … For many years, opioids were routinely prescribed for pain of any etiology, despite the fact that opioids … their withdrawal from prescription opioids. … Newer synthetic opioids were introduced to the market in the late 1990s and were aggressively marketed … Studies  of the epidemiology of adverse drug events in the early 2000s consistently found that opioids

22. Associations between stopping prescriptions for opioids, length of opioid treatment, and overdose or suicide deaths in US veterans: observational evaluation. | PSNet
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    April 05, 2017 - Classic Associations between stopping prescriptions for opioids … Associations between stopping prescriptions for opioids, length of opioid treatment, and overdose or … Associations between stopping prescriptions for opioids, length of opioid treatment, and overdose or … June 23, 2021 Effect of pharmacist email alerts on concurrent prescribing of opioids … June 24, 2020 Assessment of potentially inappropriate prescribing of opioid analgesics

23. Hospital prescribing of opioids to Medicare beneficiaries. | PSNet
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    December 04, 2016 - Study Hospital prescribing of opioids to Medicare beneficiaries. … Hospital Prescribing of Opioids to Medicare Beneficiaries. … Misuse of prescription opioids represents a serious patient safety issue . … Hospital Prescribing of Opioids to Medicare Beneficiaries. … June 8, 2022 Inappropriate prescribing of opioids for patients undergoing surgery.

24. Opioids in Medicare Part D: Concerns About Extreme Use and Questionable Prescribing. | PSNet
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    October 29, 2008 - Book/Report Opioids in Medicare Part D: Concerns About Extreme Use and Questionable … Citation Text: Opioids in Medicare Part D: Concerns About Extreme Use and Questionable Prescribing. … Misuse of prescription opioids represents a serious patient safety issue. … outpatient measures for reduction of adverse drug events from anticoagulants, diabetes agents, and opioid … analgesics.

25. Proposed 2022 CDC clinical practice guideline for prescribing opioids. A notice by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. | PSNet
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    December 21, 2022 - Release/Announcement Proposed 2022 CDC clinical practice guideline for prescribing opioids … Citation Text: Proposed 2022 CDC clinical practice guideline for prescribing opioids. … Association of dose tapering with overdose or mental health crisis among patients prescribed long-term opioids … outpatient measures for reduction of adverse drug events from anticoagulants, diabetes agents, and opioid … analgesics.

26. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    February 26, 2025 - to effectively manage pain while promoting physical recovery and minimizing adverse effects.1 Non-opioid … analgesics are generally preferred as first-line agents, and combination regimens have been shown to … use without adverse events in the perioperative period.1 Additional studies that evaluated oral non-opioid … analgesics demonstrated less opioid use or equivalent use with improved pain scores.2 When opioids … CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain – United States, 2022.

27. An E.R. kicks the habit of opioids for pain. | PSNet
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    May 27, 2020 - Newspaper/Magazine Article An E.R. kicks the habit of opioids for pain. … Citation Text: An E.R. kicks the habit of opioids for pain. Hoffman J. New York Times. … Overprescribing of opioids for pain management contributes to the growing crisis involving opioid-related … Cite Citation Citation Text: An E.R. kicks the habit of opioids … November 14, 2018 Ten ERs in Colorado tried to curtail opioids and did better than expected

28. Opioid Overdose as a Patient Safety Problem | PSNet
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    May 01, 2017 - Prescribing fewer opioids is important because there is a direct association between the volume of opioids … Number and age-adjusted rates of drug-poisoning deaths involving opioid analgesics and heroin: United … Cohort study of the impact of high-dose opioid analgesics on overdose mortality. … Opioids have been around for forever. … January 22, 2020 Prescription opioid analgesics commonly unused after surgery: a systematic

29. Inappropriate prescribing of opioids for patients undergoing surgery. | PSNet
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    June 30, 2021 - Study Inappropriate prescribing of opioids for patients undergoing surgery. … Inappropriate prescribing of opioids for patients undergoing surgery. … Findings suggest intentional, clinically inappropriate prescribing of opioids. … Inappropriate prescribing of opioids for patients undergoing surgery. … September 21, 2022 CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain -

30. A Lot of Pain (Medications) | PSNet
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    September 23, 2020 - List key principles in safe prescribing of opioids in the hospital. … using at least two different classes of analgesics.( 6 ) Once a decision has been made to use opioid … analgesics to manage acute post-operative pain, identifying the optimal drug, dose, route, and regimen … When adding additional opioids for acute pain, immediate-release opioids should be used to facilitate … Always combine opioid and non-opioid analgesics to maximize analgesia and reduce opioid requirements.

31. Opioid Stewardship. | PSNet
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    February 06, 2019 - September 2, 2020 Physician prescribing of opioids to patients at increased risk of overdose … June 25, 2018 Opioids and Dentistry. … February 1, 2017 Efficacy, tolerability, and dose-dependent effects of opioid analgesics

32. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    September 08, 2021 - Provider bias in prescribing opioid analgesics: a study of electronic medical records at a hospital … Provider bias in prescribing opioid analgesics: a study of electronic medical records at a hospital … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/provider-bias-prescribing-opioid-analgesics-study-electronic-medical-records … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/provider-bias-prescribing-opioid-analgesics-study-electronic-medical-records-hospital … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/provider-bias-prescribing-opioid-analgesics-study-electronic-medical-records-hospital

33. From Pain Relief to Risk: A Case of Suspected Opioid Overdose in a Pediatric Patient | PSNet
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    October 04, 2023 - to effectively manage pain while promoting physical recovery and minimizing adverse effects. 1 Non-opioid … analgesics are generally preferred as first-line agents, and combination regimens have been shown to … use without adverse events in the perioperative period. 1 Additional studies that evaluated oral non-opioid … analgesics demonstrated less opioid use or equivalent use with improved pain scores. 2 When opioids … CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain – United States, 2022.

34. In Conversation With… David Juurlink, MD, PhD | PSNet
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    May 22, 2017 - Opioids have been around for forever. … And 10% of them were using opioids a year later. … Prescribing fewer opioids is important because there is a direct association between the volume of opioids … Number and age-adjusted rates of drug-poisoning deaths involving opioid analgesics and heroin: United … Cohort study of the impact of high-dose opioid analgesics on overdose mortality.

35. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    September 01, 2014 - List key principles in safe prescribing of opioids in the hospital. … management, using at least two different classes of analgesics.(6) Once a decision has been made to use opioid … analgesics to manage acute post-operative pain, identifying the optimal drug, dose, route, and regimen … When adding additional opioids for acute pain, immediate-release opioids should be used to facilitate … Always combine opioid and non-opioid analgesics to maximize analgesia and reduce opioid requirements

36. Patient Safety Events Involving Opioid Dose Stacking | PSNet
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    July 08, 2022 - Dose stacking can also occur when a patient receives opioids via numerous sources or routes. … Opioid Analgesics 8-9 , 10-15 Medication Onset Peak* Duration* … Finally, not all discomfort and pain respond to opioids. … A patient whose pain is not responding to repeated dosing of opioids may need a change in strategy. … Prescribing of opioid analgesics and related mortality before and after the introduction of long-acting

37. Medication for opioid use disorder after nonfatal opioid overdose and association with mortality: a cohort study. | PSNet
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    October 03, 2018 - Patients on opioid replacement therapy were substantially less likely to die from opioids or any other … editorial also notes the alarming number of patients who received prescriptions for short-acting opioids … July 13, 2016 Physician prescribing of opioids to patients at increased risk of overdose … 13, 2019 View More Related Resources Physician prescribing of opioids … February 1, 2017 Efficacy, tolerability, and dose-dependent effects of opioid analgesics

38. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    January 11, 2017 - 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 … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/efficacy-tolerability-and-dose-dependent-effects-opioid-analgesics-low-back … 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

39. CDC guideline for prescribing opioids for chronic pain—United States, 2016. | PSNet
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    June 14, 2019 - Organizational Policy/Guidelines CDC guideline for prescribing opioids for chronic … CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain - United States, 2016. … The authors recommend using opioids for chronic pain only if nonopioid medications and nonpharmacologic … A previous WebM&M commentary describes an adverse event related to opioids. … CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain - United States, 2016.

40. Opioids, iatrogenic harm and disclosure of medical error. | PSNet
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    November 21, 2021 - Commentary Opioids, iatrogenic harm and disclosure of medical error. … Opioids, iatrogenic harm and disclosure of medical error. … Opioids, iatrogenic harm and disclosure of medical error.