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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46312/psn-pdf
August 15, 2018 - misuse-primary-care
Adherence to prescribing guidelines may help mitigate misuse of prescription opioids … improving-adherence-long-term-opioid-therapy-guidelines-reduce-opioid-misuse-primary-care
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/cdc-guideline-prescribing-opioids-chronic-pain-united-states … -2016
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/access-prescription-opioids-primum-non-nocere-teachable-moment
                                     
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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/43581/psn-pdf
December 26, 2014 - of drug deaths in the United States have been associated with inadvertent overdose
of prescription opioids … vital-signs-overdoses-prescription-opioid-pain-relievers-united-states-1999-2008
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/opioids-iatrogenic-harm-and-disclosure-medical-error … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/safe-use-opioids-hospitals
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/classification-opioid-dependence-abuse-or-overdose-opioid-naive-patients-never-event
September 21, 2022 - September 9, 2015 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Associations between stopping prescriptions for opioids, length of … January 18, 2023 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Inappropriate prescribing of opioids for patients undergoing surgery
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medication-use-evaluation-high-dose-long-term-opioid-de-prescribing-multiple-veterans-affairs
October 12, 2022 - associated with an increased risk of adverse events; however research has shown sudden  discontinuation  of opioids … October 12, 2022 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Associations between stopping prescriptions for opioids, length of opioid … Association of dose tapering with overdose or mental health crisis among patients prescribed long-term opioids
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/factors-affect-opioid-quality-improvement-initiatives-primary-care-insights-ten-health
November 03, 2021 - deaths, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released the  Guidelines for Prescribing Opioids … December 21, 2022 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain - … Association of dose tapering with overdose or mental health crisis among patients prescribed long-term opioids
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/association-between-opioid-tapering-and-subsequent-health-care-use-medication-adherence-and
August 25, 2021 - have been raised about the  potential harms  associated with rapidly decreasing doses or discontinuing opioids … Association of dose tapering with overdose or mental health crisis among patients prescribed long-term opioids … January 18, 2023 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Inappropriate prescribing of opioids for patients undergoing surgery
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/opioid-dependence-and-overdose-after-surgery-rate-risk-factors-and-reasons
August 05, 2020 - proposed classification to describe  dependence  or overdose among  opioid-naïve  patients prescribed opioids … February 6, 2019 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Associations between stopping prescriptions for opioids, length of opioid … February 8, 2023 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Inappropriate prescribing of opioids for patients undergoing surgery
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/prevention-opioid-overdose
July 18, 2018 - Reducing patient harm associated with the use of  opioids  to  manage pain  is a patient safety priority
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/50756/psn-pdf
December 18, 2019 - to the effects of the naloxone and advised him to come to the urgent care center, where
intravenous opioids … 1999 and 2017.1 In 2017 alone, drug
overdoses resulted in over 70,000 deaths, of which 67.8% involved opioids … from 2016.1
 This opioid overdose epidemic is due to use of illicit drugs, highly potent synthetic opioids … , mixing of illicit
and prescription opioid or sedative drugs, and misused prescription opioids. … In 2016, the CDC published guidelines on prescribing opioids for chronic
pain and included a recommendation
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46416/psn-pdf
March 13, 2018 - opioid-prescribing-opioid-naive-patients-emergency-departments-and-other-
settings
Prior research has shown that prescribing opioids … opioid-prescribing-opioid-naive-patients-emergency-departments-and-other-settings
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/hospital-prescribing-opioids-medicare-beneficiaries … 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/opioid-prescribing-united-states-and-after-centers-disease-control-and-preventions-2016
November 17, 2021 - was the release of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)  guidelines  for prescribing opioids … initially using nonopioid medications and nonpharmacologic approaches to chronic pain before using opioids … June 25, 2018 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Trends in medical and nonmedical use of prescription opioids among US adolescents
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45889/psn-pdf
August 16, 2017 - Overprescribing by
providers is one factor contributing to the widespread use of opioids. … increases-drug-and-opioid-overdose-deaths-united-states-2000-2015
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/45652/psn-pdf
June 29, 2017 - The types of opioids most commonly
involved in overdose deaths are natural and semisynthetic opioids … medicare-letters-curb-overprescribing-controlled-substances-had-no-detectable-effect
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/cdc-guideline-prescribing-opioids-chronic-pain-united-states
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46454/psn-pdf
August 20, 2018 - They provide detailed recommendations for clinicians to
prescribe opioids more safely, including the … psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/addressing-opioid-misuse
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/issue/medicare-part-d-beneficiaries-serious-risk-opioid-misuse-or-overdose-closer-look
August 09, 2017 - patients diagnosed with opioid use disorders and others at risk for abuse that receive prescriptions for opioids … Copy Citation 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Related Resources From the Same Author(s) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Opioids in Medicare … January 9, 2019 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Opioids in Medicare Part D: Concerns About Extreme Use and Questionable
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46645/psn-pdf
January 23, 2019 - used data from the Medical Expenditure
Panel Survey from 1996 to 2012 and found that the quantity of opioids … While the percentage of opioids prescribed in the ambulatory setting increased
from 71% in 1996 to 83% … in 2012, the percentage of opioids prescribed in the emergency department
decreased from 7.4% in 1996
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47266/psn-pdf
August 08, 2018 - toxic analgesics for dental procedures and choosing alternatives to codeine for children who need opioids … increases-drug-and-opioid-overdose-deaths-united-states-2000-2015
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/cdc-guideline-prescribing-opioids-chronic-pain-united-states … -2016
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/overdose-risk-young-children-women-prescribed-opioids
https://psnet.ahrq.gov
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45796/psn-pdf
June 29, 2017 - provided prescriptions with longer duration (more than 10 days), or given 3 or more
prescriptions for opioids … The authors
recommend prescribing fewer than 7 days of opioids for acute pain and adhering to the Centers … opioid-prescribing-patterns-emergency-physicians-and-risk-long-term-use
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/cdc-guideline-prescribing-opioids-chronic-pain-united-states
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/association-between-opioid-prescribing-patterns-and-abuse-ophthalmology
April 12, 2019 - High-risk prescribing  practices  contribute  to the  widespread use of opioids . … April 16, 2018 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Opioids and Dentistry. … June 6, 2016 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 How to maximize patient safety when prescribing opioids.