-
psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46335/psn-pdf
December 19, 2017 - Prescription opioid analgesics commonly unused after
surgery: a systematic review. … Prescription Opioid Analgesics Commonly Unused After Surgery. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/prescription-opioid-analgesics-commonly-unused-after-surgery-systematic- … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/prescription-opioid-analgesics-commonly-unused-after-surgery-systematic-review … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/prescription-opioid-analgesics-commonly-unused-after-surgery-systematic-review
-
psnet.ahrq.gov/node/33834/psn-pdf
May 22, 2017 - More than half of overdoses stem from opioids issued by
licensed prescribers. … 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. … CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain.
-
psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/associations-between-stopping-prescriptions-opioids-length-opioid-treatment-and-overdose-or
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
-
psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/opioid-safety
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
-
psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/opioids-medicare-part-d-concerns-about-extreme-use-and-questionable-prescribing
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.
-
psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/hospital-prescribing-opioids-medicare-beneficiaries
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.
-
psnet.ahrq.gov/node/867475/psn-pdf
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.
-
psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/proposed-2022-cdc-clinical-practice-guideline-prescribing-opioids-notice-centers-disease
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.
-
psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/er-kicks-habit-opioids-pain
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
-
psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/opioid-overdose-patient-safety-problem
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
-
psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/lot-pain-medications
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.
-
psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/inappropriate-prescribing-opioids-patients-undergoing-surgery
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 -
-
psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/pain-relief-risk-case-suspected-opioid-overdose-pediatric-patient
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.
-
psnet.ahrq.gov/node/73684/psn-pdf
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
-
psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49717/psn-pdf
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
-
psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/conversation-david-juurlink-md-phd
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.
-
psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-outcomes-dose-reduction-or-discontinuation-long-term-opioid-therapy-systematic-review
April 08, 2019 - October 19, 2022
Assessment of potentially inappropriate prescribing of opioid analgesics … 12, 2014
View More
Related Resources
Physician prescribing of opioids … December 6, 2017
Efficacy, tolerability, and dose-dependent effects of opioid analgesics … December 21, 2016
Are physicians safely prescribing opioids for chronic noncancer pain … June 1, 2016
How to maximize patient safety when prescribing opioids.
-
psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/patient-safety-events-involving-opioid-dose-stacking
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
-
psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45591/psn-pdf
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
-
psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/cdc-guideline-prescribing-opioids-chronic-pain-united-states-2016
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.