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101. Request for comments on the proposed measures and 2020 targets for the National Action Plan for Adverse Drug Event Prevention: inpatient and outpatient measures for reduction of adverse drug events from anticoagulants, diabetes agents, and opioid analgesics. | PSNet
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     October 21, 2016 - analgesics. … analgesics. … highlighted how to reduce adverse drug events associated with anticoagulants, diabetes agents, and opioids … analgesics. … June 16, 2019 Opioids in Medicare Part D: Concerns About Extreme Use and Questionable

102. Mandatory provider review and pain clinic laws reduce the amounts of opioids prescribed and overdose death rates. | PSNet
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     August 02, 2017 - Study Mandatory provider review and pain clinic laws reduce the amounts of opioids … Mandatory Provider Review And Pain Clinic Laws Reduce The Amounts Of Opioids Prescribed And Overdose … In states with mandated review, opioid prescribers must check whether patients are receiving opioids … Mandatory Provider Review And Pain Clinic Laws Reduce The Amounts Of Opioids Prescribed And Overdose … November 15, 2017 How to maximize patient safety when prescribing opioids.

103. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     September 29, 2021 - Patients with chronic pain who are taking opioid analgesics daily are often presumed to be opioid tolerant … analgesics among patients with acute severe pain due to sickle cell disease or active cancer, it is … interactions are present, and should obtain baseline liver function tests.19 Conversion from other opioid … analgesics to methadone is variable and not linear. … Extended-release (ER) and long-acting (LA) opioid analgesics Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy

104. Opioid Use in Older Adults Compendium of Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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     January 01, 2024 - Clinic: Using Input from The Team Case Study (PDF, 225 KB) Supporting Clinical Staff Who Prescribe Opioids

105. HHS Guide for Clinicians on the Appropriate Dosage Reduction or Discontinuation of Long-Term Opioid Analgesics. | PSNet
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     October 15, 2008 - Analgesics. … HHS Guide for Clinicians on the Appropriate Dosage Reduction or Discontinuation of Long-Term Opioid Analgesics … Analgesics. … HHS Guide for Clinicians on the Appropriate Dosage Reduction or Discontinuation of Long-Term Opioid Analgesics … August 23, 2017 Opioids in Medicare Part D: Concerns About Extreme Use and Questionable

106. Topic-Brief2-Opioid-Withdrawal (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2021 - analgesics, including when to consider tapering, important considerations and steps prior to tapering … Analgesics. … HHS Guide for Clinicians on the Appropriate Dosage Reduction or Discontinuation of Long-Term Opioid … Analgesics. 2019 Oct:1-5. 5. … Opioid analgesics play an essential role in treating pain, and pain management in the context of the

107. Topic-Brief2-Opioid-Withdrawal (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2021 - analgesics, including when to consider tapering, important considerations and steps prior to tapering … Analgesics. … HHS Guide for Clinicians on the Appropriate Dosage Reduction or Discontinuation of Long-Term Opioid … Analgesics. 2019 Oct:1-5. 5. … Opioid analgesics play an essential role in treating pain, and pain management in the context of the

108. Strategies to identify patient risks of prescription opioid addiction when initiating opioids for pain: a systematic review. | PSNet
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     November 16, 2022 - Strategies to identify patient risks of prescription opioid addiction when initiating opioids … Strategies to Identify Patient Risks of Prescription Opioid Addiction When Initiating Opioids for Pain … Strategies to Identify Patient Risks of Prescription Opioid Addiction When Initiating Opioids for Pain … May 31, 2017 Are physicians safely prescribing opioids for chronic noncancer pain? … June 1, 2016 How to maximize patient safety when prescribing opioids.

109. Potentially inappropriate medication combination with opioids among older dental patients: a retrospective review of insurance claims data. | PSNet
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     March 18, 2020 - Study Potentially inappropriate medication combination with opioids among older dental … Potentially inappropriate medication combination with opioids among older dental patients: a retrospective … This study analyzed the association between potentially inappropriate prescribing involving opioids … Results indicated that a significant proportion of older patients prescribed opioids by their dentist … Potentially inappropriate medication combination with opioids among older dental patients: a retrospective

110. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2012 - 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 … Rather, dialysis patients have a low use of opioids relative to the extremely high prevalence of pain … 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.

111. Assessing reasons for decreased primary care access for individuals on prescribed opioids: an audit study. | PSNet
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     November 17, 2021 - Assessing reasons for decreased primary care access for individuals on prescribed opioids … Assessing reasons for decreased primary care access for individuals on prescribed opioids. … Inappropriate prescribing of  opioids  is a major contributor to the ongoing opioid epidemic. … Findings indicate that primary care providers were generally unwilling to prescribe opioids to patients … Assessing reasons for decreased primary care access for individuals on prescribed opioids.

112. How to maximize patient safety when prescribing opioids. | PSNet
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     December 04, 2015 - Review How to maximize patient safety when prescribing opioids. … How to Maximize Patient Safety When Prescribing Opioids. … How to Maximize Patient Safety When Prescribing Opioids. … Strategies to identify patient risks of prescription opioid addiction when initiating opioids … August 22, 2018 Opioids and Dentistry.

113. STATISTICAL BRIEF #529: Total Expenses, Total Utilization, and Sources of Payment for Outpatient Prescription Opioids in the U.S. Adult Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2017
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     April 01, 2020 - BRIEF #529: Total Expenses, Total Utilization, and Sources of Payment for Outpatient Prescription Opioids … For adults during 2017, Medicare paid 40.9 percent of total expenses for outpatient prescription opioids … All opioids and opioid products: Codeine, hydrocodone, oxycodone, morphine, and tramadol Opioids … We excluded opioids not used for pain management from this analysis. … Total fills for all outpatient prescription opioids and the top opioids products,^ U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized

114. 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

115. Misuse, abuse and medication errors' adverse events associated with opioids--a systematic review. | PSNet
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     January 15, 2025 - Review Misuse, abuse and medication errors' adverse events associated with opioids … Misuse, abuse and medication errors' adverse events associated with opioids--a 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. … Misuse, abuse and medication errors' adverse events associated with opioids--a systematic review.

116. Opioid Treatments for Chronic Pain | Effective Health Care (EHC) Program
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117. 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

118. 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

119. Opioids for pain management in older adults: strategies for safe prescribing. | PSNet
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     January 26, 2022 - Commentary Opioids for pain management in older adults: strategies for safe prescribing … Opioids for pain management in older adults. … Use of opioids for pain management in older adults can contribute to various problems, including … This commentary discusses the role of nurse practitioners as prescribers of opioids and offers practice … Opioids for pain management in older adults.

120. Opioid-Chronic-Pain (pdf file)
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     June 02, 2025 - . adults with chronic pain Percentage of all opioid prescription fills U.S. adults who use opioids … for chronic pain, 2013-2015 Used opioids to treat conditions Source: MEPS Research Findings #43