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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/national-trends-hospitalizations-opioid-poisonings-among-children-and-adolescents-1997-2012
January 16, 2019 - Children are particularly vulnerable to risks associated with opioids, and the authors suggest that pediatric-specific … the Same Author(s)
US national trends in pediatric deaths from prescription and illicit opioids … 30, 2017
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47312/psn-pdf
October 13, 2018 - was the release of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC) guidelines for prescribing opioids … initially using nonopioid
medications and nonpharmacologic approaches to chronic pain before using opioids … opioid-prescribing-decreases-after-learning-patients-fatal-overdose
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/cdc-guideline-prescribing-opioids-chronic-pain-united-states
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/burden-opioid-related-adverse-drug-events-hospitalized-previously-opioid-free-surgical
March 24, 2021 - Harm from opioids is a widely recognized patient safety issue, and potential harm associated with … February 8, 2023
Inappropriate prescribing of opioids for patients undergoing surgery
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/us-national-trends-pediatric-deaths-prescription-and-illicit-opioids-1999-2016
January 23, 2017 - Study
US national trends in pediatric deaths from prescription and illicit opioids … US National Trends in Pediatric Deaths From Prescription and Illicit Opioids, 1999-2016. … US National Trends in Pediatric Deaths From Prescription and Illicit Opioids, 1999-2016.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/48055/psn-pdf
June 26, 2019 - //psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/prevention-opioid-overdose
Reducing patient harm associated with the use of opioids … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/prevention-opioid-overdose
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/opioids-chronic-noncancer-pain-position-paper-american-academy-neurology
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/data/infographics/adult-opioid-fills-by-race.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Source: AHRQ, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Statistical Brief #552: Any Use and “Frequent Use” of Opioids
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/48022/psn-pdf
May 29, 2019 - https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/inappropriate-opioid-prescription-after-surgery
The overprescribing of opioids … inappropriate-opioid-prescription-after-surgery
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/wide-variation-and-overprescription-opioids-after-elective-surgery
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/randomized-clinical-trial-smartphone-virtual-reality-pain-management-during
January 01, 2024 - virtual reality app has the potential to be a cost-effective way to alleviate pain, reduce the need for opioids … ongoing wound care with dressing changes for open wounds, which can be extremely painful, often requiring opioids … This is opposed to opioids that reduce pain by blocking pain receptors. … followup work will evaluate the effectiveness of VR-PAT for pain management and reduction in need for opioids
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/emt-naloxon_research-protocol.pdf
November 29, 2016 - Health and Human Services as a national crisis.1
Since 2000, the rate of overdose deaths involving opioids … In 2014, the
number of drug overdose deaths involving prescription or illicit opioids exceeded 28,000 … upon re-exposure), use of illicit opioids, higher doses of
opioids, obtaining opioids from multiple … synthetic opioids]); and study setting (e.g., field versus clinical setting). … Drug-poisoning Deaths Involving Opioid
Analgesics: United States, 1999–2011. NCHS Data Brief 166.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/844048/psn-pdf
February 08, 2023 - psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/incidence-opioid-misuse-among-surgical-patients-persistent-opioid-use
Prescription opioids … are commonly used to manage surgical and non-surgical pain but misuse of opioids is
a serious patient
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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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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/chronic-pain-opioid-treatment_disposition-comments.pdf
September 29, 2014 - As
noted in the Methods, we excluded
patients receiving opioids at end of
life. … and did not
receive opioids. … Same question for
opioids and fractures (I assume
mediated through falls)? … High-risk use by patients prescribed opioids for pain and its role in overdose
deaths. … But, promoting a culture of fear of opioids
could result in much more suffering.
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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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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/cer-250-cannabis-evidence-summary-2022-update_0.pdf
January 01, 2022 - adverse effects,9 and the 2016 Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention Guideline for Prescribing Opioids … CDC
guideline for prescribing opioids for chronic
pain– United States, 2016. … CDC
guideline for prescribing opioids for chronic
pain - United States, 2016. … Efficacy of opioids
for chronic pain: a review of the evidence. … Critical issues on opioids in
chronic non-cancer pain: an epidemiological
study.
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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.