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61. Clinicians' perceptions of medication errors with opioids in cancer and palliative care services: a priority setting report. | PSNet
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    June 01, 2016 - Commentary Clinicians' perceptions of medication errors with opioids in cancer and … Clinicians' perceptions of medication errors with opioids in cancer and palliative care services: a priority … Clinicians' perceptions of medication errors with opioids in cancer and palliative care services: a priority … July 19, 2017 Efficacy, tolerability, and dose-dependent effects of opioid analgesics

62. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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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 … Many patients who use illicit opioids, such as heroin and fentanyl, began using these substances to … manage their withdrawal from prescription opioids. … Studies of the epidemiology of adverse drug events in the early 2000s consistently found that opioids

63. Alternatives to opioid education and a prescription drug monitoring program cumulatively decreased outpatient opioid prescriptions. | PSNet
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    April 06, 2022 - 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 … April 27, 2022 Provider bias in prescribing opioid analgesics: a study of electronic

64. Opioid guidelines for common dental surgical procedures: a multidisciplinary panel consensus. | PSNet
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    April 28, 2021 - The over-prescribing of opioids is a recognized contributor to patient harm. … manage pain after dental procedures while reducing harm to patients: (1) Offer alternatives to opioids … October 28, 2020 Potentially inappropriate medication combination with opioids among … May 6, 2020 Overprescribing of opioids to adults by dentists in the U.S., 2011-2015. … February 22, 2019 Opioids for chronic noncancer pain: a position paper of the American

65. Effect of pharmacist email alerts on concurrent prescribing of opioids and benzodiazepines by prescribers and primary care managers: a randomized clinical trial. | PSNet
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    September 07, 2022 - Study Effect of pharmacist email alerts on concurrent prescribing of opioids and … Effect of pharmacist email alerts on concurrent prescribing of opioids and benzodiazepines by prescribers … Concurrent prescribing of opioids and benzodiazepines can put patients at increased risk of overdose … Effect of pharmacist email alerts on concurrent prescribing of opioids and benzodiazepines by prescribers … December 2, 2020 Associations between stopping prescriptions for opioids, length of opioid

66. Correlation between 24-hour predischarge opioid use and amount of opioids prescribed at hospital discharge. | PSNet
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    November 13, 2024 - Study Correlation between 24-hour predischarge opioid use and amount of opioids prescribed … Correlation Between 24-Hour Predischarge Opioid Use and Amount of Opioids Prescribed at Hospital Discharge … Correlation Between 24-Hour Predischarge Opioid Use and Amount of Opioids Prescribed at Hospital Discharge … March 8, 2023 Inappropriate prescribing of opioids for patients undergoing surgery.

67. Overdose risk in young children of women prescribed opioids. | PSNet
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    September 07, 2016 - Study Overdose risk in young children of women prescribed opioids. … Overdose Risk in Young Children of Women Prescribed Opioids. … control study examined the risk of opioid overdose among children whose mothers were prescribed either opioids … overdose, those who were hospitalized or died were more likely to have a mother who was prescribed opioids … Overdose Risk in Young Children of Women Prescribed Opioids.

68. Association of household opioid availability and prescription opioid initiation among household members. | PSNet
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    April 24, 2018 - Opioids are high-risk medications and a significant source of patient harm . … remains uncertain whether individuals living in a household with a patient receiving prescription opioids … are more likely to initiate prescription opioids. … The risk of opioid initiation in the following year among those exposed to prescription opioids was 11.83% … September 20, 2011 Wide variation and overprescription of opioids after elective surgery

69. Opioids prescribed after low-risk surgical procedures in the United States, 2004–2012. | PSNet
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    May 29, 2024 - Study Opioids prescribed after low-risk surgical procedures in the United States, … Opioids Prescribed After Low-Risk Surgical Procedures in the United States, 2004-2012. … The authors suggest that further studies examine an association between receiving opioids after a low-risk … Opioids Prescribed After Low-Risk Surgical Procedures in the United States, 2004-2012. … Strategies to identify patient risks of prescription opioid addiction when initiating opioids

70. Patient Safety and Opioid Medications | PSNet
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    January 01, 2015 - Recent years have seen increasingly frequent reports of harms, to the point that in 2016 opioids became … Moreover, an analysis of new prescriptions of long-acting opioids for chronic noncancer pain showed … a minimum, to better educate and monitor patients on opioids as part of a broad safety strategy. … –2010, despite the lack of evidence regarding the benefit of using opioids in this setting. … April 12, 2019 How to maximize patient safety when prescribing opioids.

71. Association of dose tapering with overdose or mental health crisis among patients prescribed long-term opioids. | PSNet
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    July 13, 2022 - Association of dose tapering with overdose or mental health crisis among patients prescribed long-term opioids … Association of dose tapering with overdose or mental health crisis among patients prescribed long-term opioids … Sudden discontinuation of opioids has been linked to increased patient harm. … May 18, 2022 Associations between stopping prescriptions for opioids, length of opioid … January 18, 2023 Inappropriate prescribing of opioids for patients undergoing surgery

72. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    January 26, 2022 - The Commentary by Hollie Porras, PharmD, BCPS, and Cathy Lammers, MD Background Opioids are routinely … Dose stacking can also occur when a patient receives opioids via numerous sources or routes. … 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

73. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    September 18, 2024 - Misuse, abuse and medication errors' adverse events associated with opioids--a systematic review. … Misuse, abuse and medication errors' adverse events associated with opioids--a systematic review. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/misuse-abuse-and-medication-errors-adverse-events-associated-opioids- systematic-review … Even when opioids are appropriately prescribed, some patients may end up abusing or misusing them. … The most frequently mentioned opioids were morphine, fentanyl, and oxycodone.

74. A Painful Dilemma | PSNet
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    September 01, 2013 - The opioids prescribed for this patient are highly inappropriate. … for chronic pain.( 10,12 ) However, the recent increase in use and abuse of opioids is predominantly … Patients prescribed opioids need to be monitored for signs of substance abuse. … Prescribing of opioid analgesics and related mortality before and after the introduction of long-acting … Misuse of and dependence on opioids: study of chronic pain patients.

75. An electronic intervention to improve safety for pain patients co-prescribed chronic opioids and benzodiazepines. | PSNet
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    March 23, 2022 - An electronic intervention to improve safety for pain patients co-prescribed chronic opioids … An electronic intervention to improve safety for pain patients co-prescribed chronic opioids and benzodiazepines … This study describes an electronic intervention to identify patients coprescribed opioids and benzodiazepines … The intervention significantly reduced the proportion of patients coprescribed opioids and benzodiazepines … An electronic intervention to improve safety for pain patients co-prescribed chronic opioids and benzodiazepines

76. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    February 23, 2022 - analgesics in low back pain management Discuss how pain-related stigma can compromise effective, timely … The three themes of this case – low back pain, lung cancer screening and diagnosis, and opioid analgesics … Conversations about chronic pain management and opioid analgesics can be difficult but conveying genuine … Acute back pain should generally not be managed with opioid analgesics; instead, failure of symptom … Stigma associated with opioid analgesics can contribute to diagnostic errors.

77. Evaluation of the extended-release/long-acting opioid prescribing Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy Program by the US Food and Drug Administration: a review. | PSNet
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    March 06, 2019 - Administration (FDA) Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) for extended-release/long-acting opioids … A previous WebM&M commentary  describes an adverse event related to long-acting opioids. … June 10, 2020 Assessment of potentially inappropriate prescribing of opioid analgesics … May 27, 2020 Associations between stopping prescriptions for opioids, length of opioid

78. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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    July 02, 2019 - Physician prescribing of opioids to patients at increased risk of overdose from benzodiazepine use in … Physician Prescribing of Opioids to Patients at Increased Risk of Overdose From Benzodiazepine Use in … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/physician-prescribing-opioids-patients-increased-risk-overdose- benzodiazepine-use-united … Patients prescribed opioids and benzodiazepines concurrently may be at increased risk for adverse drug … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/cdc-guideline-prescribing-opioids-chronic-pain-united-states-2016

79. Microsoft PowerPoint - FINAL CME Reviewed Spotlight_Loss of Trust and a Missed Diagnosis_02.14.20221 - clean - REVISED.pptx (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2022 - Describe evidence-based first line treatments for low back pain and assess the appropriate role of opioid … analgesics in low back pain management • Discuss how pain-related stigma can compromise effective, … • The three themes of this case – low back pain, lung cancer screening and diagnosis, and opioid … • Conversations about chronic pain management and opioid analgesics can be difficult but conveying … Take-Home Points (2) 37 • Stigma associated with opioid analgesics can contribute to diagnostic errors

80. Association between concurrent use of prescription opioids and benzodiazepines and overdose: retrospective analysis. | PSNet
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    November 16, 2022 - Study Association between concurrent use of prescription opioids and benzodiazepines … Association between concurrent use of prescription opioids and benzodiazepines and overdose: retrospective … Concurrent use of opioids and benzodiazepines increases risk for adverse drug events . … was greater for patients with concurrent use of these two medication classes compared to patients on opioids … Association between concurrent use of prescription opioids and benzodiazepines and overdose: retrospective