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psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/painful-dilemma
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.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/electronic-intervention-improve-safety-pain-patients-co-prescribed-chronic-opioids-and
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
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/84413/psn-pdf
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.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47073/psn-pdf
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
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/evaluation-extended-releaselong-acting-opioid-prescribing-risk-evaluation-and-mitigation
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
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/838922/psn-pdf
October 26, 2022 - Effect of pharmacist email alerts on concurrent
prescribing of opioids and benzodiazepines by
prescribers … Effect of pharmacist email alerts on concurrent prescribing of opioids
and benzodiazepines by prescribers … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/effect-pharmacist-email-alerts-concurrent-prescribing-opioids-and-
benzodiazepines-prescribers … Concurrent prescribing of opioids and benzodiazepines can put patients at increased risk of overdose … study found that pharmacist email alerts to clinicians caring for patients recently co-prescribed
opioids
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/72718/psn-pdf
February 10, 2021 - Assessing reasons for decreased primary care access for
individuals on prescribed opioids: an audit … 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. … clinics in need of a new
provider because their previous physician had retired or stopped prescribing opioids … Findings indicate that
primary care providers were generally unwilling to prescribe opioids to patients
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/association-between-concurrent-use-prescription-opioids-and-benzodiazepines-and-overdose
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
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www.ahrq.gov/topics/behavioral-health.html
March 01, 2022 - MEPS Statistical Briefs
Any Use and Frequent Use of Opioids among Non-Elderly Adults in 2018-2019 … , by Socioeconomic Characteristics (MEPS Stat Brief #542)
Any Use and Frequent Use of Opioids among … Brief #534)
Total Expenses, Total Utilization, and Sources of Payment for Outpatient Prescription Opioids … Published Research (2020 to present)
Opioids and Other Substances
Tobacco Surcharges Associated
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psnet.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2022-02/final_cme_reviewed_spotlight_loss_of_trust_and_a_missed_diagnosis_02.14.20221_-_clean_-_revised.pdf
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)
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• Stigma associated with opioid analgesics can contribute to diagnostic
errors
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patterns-opioid-administration-among-opioid-naive-inpatients-and-associations-postdischarge
November 05, 2008 - Many people who illicitly use opioids first received those medications in health care settings . … This retrospective cohort study found that people who were prescribed opioids in the hospital are more … likely to be dependent on them after discharge, especially if they took opioids within 12 hours of leaving … August 16, 2017
Prescription of long-acting opioids and mortality in patients with chronic … July 31, 2017
Trends in medical and nonmedical use of prescription opioids among US adolescents
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www.ahrq.gov/data/infographics/non-elderly-use-opioids.html
January 01, 2019 - Non-Elderly Use of Opioids, 2015 to 2016
Non-Elderly Use of Opioids, 2015 to 2016 (PDF, 6.8 … MB)
Source: Statistical Brief #515, Any Use and Frequent Use of Opioids among Non-Elderly Adults
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/opioids-and-falls-risk-older-adults-narrative-review
January 12, 2022 - Review
Opioids and falls risk in older adults: a narrative review. … Opioids and falls risk in older adults: a narrative review. … This article summarizes the relationship between prescription opioids and risk of falls among older … Opioids and falls risk in older adults: a narrative review.
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hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/PDMPsAndOpioidHospitalizations.pdf
October 03, 2017 - BACKGROUND
The United States is facing an epidemic of opioid abuse that largely is driven by prescription
opioid … analgesics. … Although the use of illicit
opioids is of growing concern, especially in association with addiction … Unsolicited reporting to prescribers of opioid analgesics by
a state prescription drug monitoring program … Prescription monitoring programs and
emergency department visits involving opioids, 2004-2011.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/840139/psn-pdf
November 16, 2022 - CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids
for Pain - United States, 2022. … CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain —
United States, 2022. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/cdc-clinical-practice-guideline-prescribing-opioids-pain-united-states-2022 … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/cdc-clinical-practice-guideline-prescribing-opioids-pain-united-states-2022 … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/cdc-guideline-prescribing-opioids-chronic-pain-united-states-2016
https
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meps.ahrq.gov/data_files/publications/st529/stat529.pdf
April 01, 2020 - April 2020
Total Expenses, Total Utilization, and Sources of Payment
for Outpatient Prescription Opioids … Edward Miller, PhD
Introduction
Prescription opioids are essential to help manage acute or chronic … All opioids and opioid products: Codeine, hydrocodone, oxycodone, morphine, and
tramadol
Opioids that … 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
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60056/psn-pdf
March 18, 2020 - Overprescribing of opioids to adults by dentists in the
U.S., 2011-2015. … Overprescribing of opioids to adults by dentists in the U.S., 2011-2015. … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/overprescribing-opioids-adults-dentists-us-2011-2015
National guidelines … published in 2016 recommend prescribing low-dose opioids for short durations when
necessary, including … /issue/cdc-guideline-prescribing-opioids-chronic-pain-united-states-2016
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/prescription-long-acting-opioids-and-mortality-patients-chronic-noncancer-pain
August 08, 2018 - Study
Prescription of long-acting opioids and mortality in patients with chronic … Prescription of Long-Acting Opioids and Mortality in Patients With Chronic Noncancer Pain. … In this retrospective study, researchers found that the use of long-acting opioids in patients with chronic … Prescription of Long-Acting Opioids and Mortality in Patients With Chronic Noncancer Pain. … August 16, 2017
Are physicians safely prescribing opioids for chronic noncancer pain?
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/wessell2-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Final Progress Report: Reducing Adverse Drug Events From Anticoagulants, Diabetes Agents and Opioids … Care
Final Progress Report
Reducing Adverse Drug Events from Anticoagulants, Diabetes Agents and Opioids … High-priority medications (HPM), defined as anticoagulants, diabetes agents,
and opioids, have been … and Alcohol and/or Other Drug
Use Screening in Patients on Long-term Opioids). … CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic
Pain - United States, 2016. MMWR Recomm Rep.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/60994/psn-pdf
October 07, 2020 - Potentially inappropriate medication combination with
opioids among older dental patients: a retrospective … Potentially inappropriate medication combination with opioids among
older dental patients: a retrospective … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/potentially-inappropriate-medication-combination-opioids-among-older-dental … patients
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