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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/could-cdc-guidelines-be-driving-some-opioid-patients-suicide
March 23, 2022 - an effort to raise awareness of the potential for patient harm due to lack of legitimate access to opioids … October 30, 2024
Proposed 2022 CDC clinical practice guideline for prescribing opioids
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/injectable-opioid-shortages-suggestions-management-and-conservation
May 20, 2020 - Efforts to limit the availability of opioids has led to a shortage of needed medications. … This fact sheet provides strategies for organizations who seek to improve management of injectable opioids
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/845278/psn-pdf
March 01, 2023 - have been raised about the potential harms associated with rapidly
decreasing doses or discontinuing opioids … association-between-opioid-tapering-and-subsequent-health-care-use-medication-adherence-and
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/cdc-guideline-prescribing-opioids-chronic-pain-united-states
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46779/psn-pdf
March 14, 2018 - opioid-abuse-chronic-pain-misconceptions-and-mitigation-strategies
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/45144/psn-pdf
November 23, 2016 - This commentary advocates for physicians
who recognize that their patients are misusing opioids to carefully … //psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/attacking-opioid-crisis-head-health-it
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/safe-use-opioids-hospitals
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46154/psn-pdf
June 07, 2017 - Concern has been raised that
overprescribing of opioids may be an unintended consequence of efforts … perspective/patient-safety-and-opioid-medications
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/cdc-guideline-prescribing-opioids-chronic-pain-united-states
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45127/psn-pdf
August 01, 2016 - This survey of patients who used prescription opioids in the past year found
that more than 20% had … medication-sharing-storage-and-disposal-practices-opioid-medications-among-us-adults
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/cdc-guideline-prescribing-opioids-chronic-pain-united-states
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45085/psn-pdf
May 04, 2016 - piece-my-mind-patient-you-least-want-see
Providing insights from a physician regarding the complexity of prescribing opioids … moving-beyond-misuse-and-diversion-urgent-need-consider-role-iatrogenic-addiction-current
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/cdc-guideline-prescribing-opioids-chronic-pain-united-states
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43353/psn-pdf
July 16, 2014 - labeled as such since the previous survey in 2012, with
significant decreases in reports of injectable opioids … results-ismp-survey-high-alert-medications-differences-between-nursing-pharmacy-and
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/safe-use-opioids-hospitals
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47216/psn-pdf
July 11, 2018 - progress-made-towards-improving-opioid-safety-further-efforts-assess-
progress-and-reduce-risk
Ineffectively prescribed opioids … progress-made-towards-improving-opioid-safety-further-efforts-assess-progress-and-reduce-risk
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/physician-prescribing-opioids-patients-increased-risk-overdose-benzodiazepine-use-united
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2020-05/final_may-spotlight-fatal_pca_slides_05.01.2020_cme_review-revised.pdf
January 01, 2020 - • Continuous capnography and/or pulse oximetry should be used in all
patients receiving PCA opioids … Opioids, ventilation and acute pain management. Anaesth Intensive Care. 2011;39(4):545-558.
6. … Dangers of postoperative opioids: is there a cure? Bull Am Coll Surg. 2010;95(2):21-22.
11. … Association of Opioids and Sedatives with Increased Risk of In-Hospital Cardiopulmonary Arrest from … Safe use of opioids in hospitals. Sentinel Event Alert. 2012;49(8):1-5.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/effective-intervention-limiting-opioid-prescribing-means-reducing-opioid-analgesic-misuse-and
July 29, 2020 - 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/inappropriate-opioid-prescription-after-surgery
February 02, 2022 - The overprescribing of opioids for postsurgery pain can increase the potential for opioid dependence … January 18, 2023
Inappropriate prescribing of opioids for patients undergoing surgery
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46044/psn-pdf
December 21, 2017 - monitoring, pain management, risk mitigation, and use of guidelines to
reduce risks associated with opioids … impact-opioid-safety-initiative-opioid-related-prescribing-veterans
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/mandatory-provider-review-and-pain-clinic-laws-reduce-amounts-opioids-prescribed-and-overdose
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46819/psn-pdf
January 27, 2019 - implementing-electronic-health-record-default-settings-reduce-opioid-
overprescribing-pilot
Patients prescribed high doses of opioids … Researchers implemented a 15-pill default dose for Schedule II opioids in two emergency
rooms.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/physicians-perspectives-regarding-prescription-drug-monitoring-program-use-within-department
February 17, 2017 - May 29, 2019
Overprescribing of opioids to adults by dentists in the U.S., 2011-2015. … March 18, 2020
Associations between stopping prescriptions for opioids, length of opioid … An electronic intervention to improve safety for pain patients co-prescribed chronic opioids
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45662/psn-pdf
January 23, 2017 - Children are particularly vulnerable to risks associated with opioids, and the
authors suggest that … 1997-2012
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/mandatory-provider-review-and-pain-clinic-laws-reduce-amounts-opioids-prescribed-and-overdose
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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/medication-safety-events-related-diagnostic-imaging
January 26, 2022 - Patient Safety Opioids and benzodiazepines are commonly used medications in the acute care setting. … In the United States, over half of hospitalized patients receive opioids and 48% receive benzodiazepines … . 2,3 Opioids and benzodiazepines can be beneficial; however, their respiratory depressant effects are … It should be noted that the POSS is only applicable when opioids are being administered; however, RASS … Pharmacogenetics of opioids.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/association-between-long-term-opioid-use-family-members-and-persistent-opioid-use-after
January 29, 2020 - This retrospective cohort study found that adolescent patients who received opioids for surgical and … January 23, 2019
Opioids and Dentistry.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/opioid-epidemic-what-can-surgeons-do-about-it
March 27, 2019 - Surgeons often prescribe opioids for patients after procedures, so they are in a key position to assess … preoperative, postoperative, and outpatient care stages to address the potential for unsafe use of opioids