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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/72744/psn-pdf
February 17, 2021 - This large retrospective cohort study found that patients
who received oral or intravenous opioids during … an urgent care visit were more likely to receive opioids at
discharge, and progress to chronic opioid
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/mistaken-dose-naloxone
March 21, 2009 - to the effects of the naloxone and advised him to come to the urgent care center, where intravenous 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 … Take-Home Points 
 
 
 Co-prescribing naloxone with opioids may result in patient harm if appropriate
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/medicare-letters-curb-overprescribing-controlled-substances-had-no-detectable-effect
May 25, 2016 - Overprescribing  of opioids is a serious and worsening problem. … May 29, 2024 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Effect of pharmacist email alerts on concurrent prescribing of opioids and … February 15, 2023 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Associations between stopping prescriptions for opioids, length of
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/emergency-department-contribution-prescription-opioid-epidemic
June 21, 2016 - 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/60059/psn-pdf
August 12, 2020 - survey on the use of practices to improve the safety of prescribing
and dispensing of long-acting opioids … survey-shows-room-improvement-two-new-ismp-targeted-medication-safety-best-practices
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/prescription-long-acting-opioids-and-mortality-patients-chronic-noncancer-pain
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60360/psn-pdf
May 20, 2020 - patients diagnosed with opioid use disorders and others at risk for abuse that receive
prescriptions for opioids … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/perspective/opioid-overdose-patient-safety-problem
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/opioids-medicare-part-d-concerns-about-extreme-use-and-questionable-prescribing
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/49668/psn-pdf
October 01, 2012 - in opioid abuse and addiction fueled to a great
extent by large increases in misuse of prescription opioid … analgesics.(1) Since 1999, there has been a
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/buprenorphine-and-medically-ill-patient … of the top five drug classes responsible for such occurrences.(3) The overuse and
misuse/abuse of opioid … analgesics has resulted in large numbers who develop opioid addiction. … for maintenance treatment
without medical withdrawal (detoxification); (ii) medical withdrawal from opioids
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2023-01/spotlight_overdose_of_gabapentin_and_oxycodone_in_a_patient_with_end-stage_renal_disease.pdf
January 01, 2023 - non-steroidal anti-inflammatory 
drugs [NSAIDs]) in patients with renal dysfunction 
• Identify the opioids … ) (2)
• Although morphine is one of the most extensively used opioids, it has an 
active metabolite … • Oxycodone is considered a second-line therapy compared with other 
opioids and may be used with … ) (4)
• Buprenorphine, fentanyl, methadone, and hydromorphone are 
considered the safest opioids in … Opioids for chronic pain management in patients with dialysis-dependent kidney failure.
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/72568/psn-pdf
January 01, 2021 - the implementation of a prescription drug monitoring program,
clinical education on alternatives to opioids … Findings
indicate that these three approaches can decrease the amount of opioids prescribed in an acute
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/48100/psn-pdf
July 24, 2019 - psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/strategies-identify-patient-risks-prescription-opioid-addiction-when-initiating-opioids-pain … psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/strategies-identify-patient-risks-prescription-opioid-addiction-when-initiating-opioids-pain
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/866686/psn-pdf
September 11, 2024 - impact-automated-alerts-discharge-opioid-overprescribing-after-general-
surgery
Overprescribing of opioids … implementing-electronic-health-record-default-settings-reduce-opioid-overprescribing-pilot
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/cdc-clinical-practice-guideline-prescribing-opioids-pain-united-states
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/palliative-care-comfort-vs-harm
December 04, 2016 - Describe key principles regarding the use of opioids in palliative care. … Whenever possible, opioids should be administered orally or subcutaneously, not intravenously, as the … Generally, opioids are rather safe drugs. … The conversion ratio from intravenous hydromorphone to oral opioids in cancer patients. … The use of opioids and sedatives at the end of life. Lancet Oncol. 2003;4:312-318.
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45008/psn-pdf
June 28, 2018 - https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/opioid-overdose
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/safe-use-opioids-hospitals … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/cdc-guideline-prescribing-opioids-chronic-pain-united-states-2016
https:
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/characteristics-initial-prescription-episodes-and-likelihood-long-term-opioid-use-united
April 24, 2018 - 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 … August 2, 2017 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Association between concurrent use of prescription opioids and benzodiazepines
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/association-between-clinic-opioid-administration-and-discharge-opioid-prescription-urgent
May 19, 2021 - This large retrospective cohort study found that patients who received oral or intravenous opioids during … an urgent care visit were more likely to receive opioids at discharge, and  progress  to chronic opioid
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/72520/psn-pdf
January 01, 2021 - persistent-opioid-use-among-pediatric-patients-after-surgery
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/trends-medical-and-nonmedical-use-prescription-opioids-among-us-adolescents … -1976-2015
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/trends-medical-and-nonmedical-use-prescription-opioids-among-us-adolescents
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/73397/psn-pdf
June 16, 2021 - /issue/safe-opioid-prescribing-prognostic-machine-learning-approach-predicting-30-
day-risk-after
Opioids … psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/strategies-identify-patient-risks-prescription-opioid-addiction-when-initiating-opioids-pain
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/73364/psn-pdf
January 01, 2022 - impact-opioid-administration-intensive-care-unit-and-subsequent-use-opioid-
naive-patients
Prescribing opioids … evaluated long-term opioid use among patients admitted directly to the ICU and who received intravenous
opioids
                                     
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/opioid-wisely
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43517/psn-pdf
October 08, 2014 - https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/cost-opioid-related-adverse-drug-events
Opioids are particularly dangerous … This review defined the substantial economic impact
of adverse events resulting from opioids, finding