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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/opioid-guidelines-common-dental-surgical-procedures-multidisciplinary-panel-consensus
August 10, 2022 - 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 … July 15, 2020
Potentially inappropriate medication combination with opioids among older … December 14, 2022
CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain - … October 21, 2020
Potentially inappropriate medication combination with opioids among
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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. … May 6, 2020
Prescription opioid analgesics commonly unused after surgery: a systematic … May 1, 2019
Provider bias in prescribing opioid analgesics: a study of electronic medical … February 22, 2023
Inappropriate prescribing of opioids for patients undergoing surgery
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/adverse-events-and-emergency-department-opioid-prescriptions-adolescents
September 01, 2021 - opioid-related adverse outcome within one year when “adults” just over age 18 years were prescribed opioids … September 1, 2021
Inappropriate prescribing of opioids for patients undergoing surgery … July 8, 2020
CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain - United … November 10, 2021
Provider bias in prescribing opioid analgesics: a study of electronic … August 26, 2020
Hospital prescribing of opioids to Medicare beneficiaries.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/incidence-and-predictors-opioid-prescription-discharge-after-traumatic-injury
October 18, 2017 - Recent studies have shown that opioids are frequently prescribed in situations where there is little … Investigators found that patients with more severe injuries were more likely to be prescribed opioids … are beneficial) while not denying opioids to those in acute pain from trauma or other reasons. … Frequent Hospitalizations
September 29, 2021
Provider bias in prescribing opioid … analgesics: a study of electronic medical records at a hospital emergency department.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/postsurgical-prescriptions-opioid-naive-patients-and-association-overdose-and-misuse
March 21, 2018 - Harm from opioids is a widely recognized patient safety concern. … investigators examined the effect of postoperative opioid prescribing in patients who had never received opioids … As with prior studies , they found increased subsequent misuse of opioids among patients who received … November 5, 2014
Prescription opioid analgesics commonly unused after surgery: a systematic … February 8, 2023
Inappropriate prescribing of opioids for patients undergoing surgery
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/prevention-opioid-overdose
July 18, 2018 - Reducing patient harm associated with the use of opioids to manage pain is a patient safety priority … April 6, 2022
Associations between stopping prescriptions for opioids, length of opioid … November 21, 2018
Overdose risk in young children of women prescribed opioids. … April 13, 2022
Proposed 2022 CDC clinical practice guideline for prescribing opioids. … August 4, 2021
Opioids in the United Kingdom: safety and surveillance during COVID-19
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/national-action-plan-adverse-drug-event-prevention
June 16, 2010 - outpatient measures for reduction of adverse drug events from anticoagulants, diabetes agents, and opioid … analgesics. … April 13, 2011
Patient Options for Safe and Effective Disposal of Unused Opioids. … HHS Guide for Clinicians on the Appropriate Dosage Reduction or Discontinuation of Long-Term Opioid … Analgesics.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/us-national-trends-pediatric-deaths-prescription-and-illicit-opioids-1999-2016
November 16, 2016 - 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. … October 15, 2014
Access to prescription opioids—Primum Non Nocere: a teachable moment … September 26, 2012
Physician prescribing of opioids to patients at increased risk of
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/association-between-clinic-opioid-administration-and-discharge-opioid-prescription-urgent
July 20, 2022 - 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 … March 23, 2022
Associations between stopping prescriptions for opioids, length of opioid … December 14, 2022
CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain - … March 25, 2020
Overprescribing of opioids to adults by dentists in the U.S., 2011-2015
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/clinicians-perceptions-medication-errors-opioids-cancer-and-palliative-care-services-priority
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 … May 23, 2018
Physician prescribing of opioids to patients at increased risk of overdose
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/are-physicians-safely-prescribing-opioids-chronic-noncancer-pain-systematic-review-current
August 25, 2010 - Review
Are physicians safely prescribing opioids for chronic noncancer pain? … Are Physicians Safely Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Noncancer Pain? … Are Physicians Safely Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Noncancer Pain? … June 6, 2018
Physician prescribing of opioids to patients at increased risk of overdose … April 25, 2018
Opioids and Dentistry.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/effectiveness-and-risks-long-term-opioid-therapy-chronic-pain-systematic-review-national
February 03, 2010 - May 8, 2019
CDC guideline for prescribing opioids for chronic pain—United States, 2016 … May 23, 2012
CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain - United … November 7, 2018
Efficacy, tolerability, and dose-dependent effects of opioid analgesics … April 7, 2010
Hospital prescribing of opioids to Medicare beneficiaries. … June 6, 2018
Clinicians' perceptions of medication errors with opioids in cancer and
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patterns-potential-opioid-misuse-and-subsequent-adverse-outcomes-medicare-2008-2012
August 10, 2016 - Researchers defined six possible indicators of opioid misuse (e.g., obtaining opioids from more than … October 29, 2014
Hospital prescribing of opioids to Medicare beneficiaries. … December 20, 2017
Inappropriate prescribing of opioids for patients undergoing surgery … June 20, 2018
Clinicians' perceptions of medication errors with opioids in cancer and … May 23, 2018
Physician prescribing of opioids to patients at increased risk of overdose
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/effective-intervention-limiting-opioid-prescribing-means-reducing-opioid-analgesic-misuse-and
August 07, 2019 - August 5, 2020
Associations between stopping prescriptions for opioids, length of opioid … June 26, 2019
Provider bias in prescribing opioid analgesics: a study of electronic medical … September 12, 2018
Effect of pharmacist email alerts on concurrent prescribing of opioids … HHS Guide for Clinicians on the Appropriate Dosage Reduction or Discontinuation of Long-Term Opioid … Analgesics.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/impact-opioid-administration-intensive-care-unit-and-subsequent-use-opioid-naive-patients
February 23, 2022 - Prescribing opioids to opioid-naïve patients after hospital discharge may lead to chronic use . … evaluated long-term opioid use among patients admitted directly to the ICU and who received intravenous opioids … 2021
Assessing reasons for decreased primary care access for individuals on prescribed opioids … February 3, 2021
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/issue/long-term-risk-overdose-or-mental-health-crisis-after-opioid-dose-tapering
August 25, 2021 - HHS Guide for Clinicians on the Appropriate Dosage Reduction or Discontinuation of Long-Term Opioid … Analgesics. … December 21, 2022
Inappropriate prescribing of opioids for patients undergoing surgery … December 14, 2022
CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain - … March 30, 2022
Proposed 2022 CDC clinical practice guideline for prescribing opioids.
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/impact-opioid-safety-initiative-opioid-related-prescribing-veterans
February 10, 2021 - Opioids are known to be high-risk medications, and unsafe prescribing practices are common. … intervention reduced two unsafe prescribing practices : high-dose opioid prescriptions and concurrent use of opioids … (s)
Assessing reasons for decreased primary care access for individuals on prescribed opioids … September 30, 2020
Associations between stopping prescriptions for opioids, length of
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/association-hydrocodone-schedule-change-opioid-prescriptions-following-surgery
June 07, 2017 - Implementation of the new regulation was associated with an unexpected increase in the amount of opioids … May 20, 2015
Provider bias in prescribing opioid analgesics: a study of electronic medical … January 18, 2023
Inappropriate prescribing of opioids for patients undergoing surgery … March 9, 2022
Proposed 2022 CDC clinical practice guideline for prescribing opioids. … September 1, 2021
Opioids in the United Kingdom: safety and surveillance during COVID
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/risk-adverse-drug-events-neonates-treated-opioids-and-effect-bar-code-assisted-medication
November 12, 2008 - Study
Risk of adverse drug events in neonates treated with opioids and the effect … Risk of adverse drug events in neonates treated with opioids and the effect of a bar-code-assisted medication … This study observed that neonates receiving opioids in the intensive care setting were at increased risk … Risk of adverse drug events in neonates treated with opioids and the effect of a bar-code-assisted medication
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psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/addressing-opioid-epidemic-there-role-physician-education
February 22, 2023 - August 30, 2017
Opioids in Medicare Part D: Concerns About Extreme Use and Questionable … August 1, 2012
AHRQ Announces Interest in Health Services Research to Address the Opioids … September 16, 2020
Assessment of potentially inappropriate prescribing of opioid analgesics … HHS Guide for Clinicians on the Appropriate Dosage Reduction or Discontinuation of Long-Term Opioid … Analgesics.