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Association of a State Prescribing Limits Policy with Opioid Prescribing and Long-term Use: an Interrupted Time Series Analysis
BackgroundPrescription opioids were a major initial driver of the opioid crisis. States have attempted to reduce overprescribing by enacting policies...
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The Role of Pharmacogenomics in Opioid Prescribing
Pharmacogenomics is increasingly important to guide objective, safe, and effective individualised prescribing. Personalised prescribing has...
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Medication Use Evaluation of High-Dose Long-Term Opioid De-prescribing in Multiple Veterans Affairs Medical Centers
BackgroundThe Opioid Safety Initiative (OSI) was implemented in 2013 to enhance the safe and appropriate use of opioids in the Veterans Health...
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Evaluating opioid prescribing patterns following discharge from elective surgical procedures: a worrying trend during the ‘opioid crisis’ — an audit of elective surgical procedures
BackgroundThe ‘opioid crisis’ has reached epidemic proportions globally. Importantly, 30% of opioid dependency stem from opioids obtained on hospital...
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Development of prescribing indicators related to opioid-related harm in patients with chronic pain in primary care—a modified e-Delphi study
BackgroundLong-term opioid use is associated with dependency, addiction, and serious adverse events. Although a framework to reduce inappropriate...
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Prescription drugs with potential for misuse in Irish prisons: analysis of national prison prescribing trends, by gender and history of opioid use disorder, 2012 to 2020
BackgroundPharmacotherapy is essential for the delivery of an equivalent standard of care in prison. Prescribing can be challenging due to the...
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Training in Safe Opioid Prescribing and Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder in Internal Medicine Residencies: a National Survey of Program Directors
BackgroundTraining future clinicians in safe opioid prescribing (SOP) and treatment of opioid use disorder (OUD) is critical to address the opioid...
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Physician perspective on the implementation of risk mitigation strategies when prescribing opioid medications: a qualitative analysis
ObjectiveTo understand the physician perspective on the barriers and facilitators of implementing nine different opioid risk mitigation strategies...
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Opioid prescribing for acute postoperative pain: an overview of systematic reviews related to two consensus statements relevant at patient, prescriber, system and public health levels
BackgroundNational guidelines for rational opioid prescribing for acute postoperative pain are needed to optimise postoperative pain control and...
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Nurse prescribing practices across the globe for medication-assisted treatment of the opioid use disorder (MOUD): a sco** review
BackgroundDespite the dramatic increase in opioid-related deaths in recent years, global access to treatment remains poor. A major barrier to people...
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Assessing the impact of a national clinical guideline for the management of chronic pain on opioid prescribing rates: a controlled interrupted time series analysis
BackgroundOpioids can be effective analgesics, but long-term use may be associated with harms. In 2013, the first national, comprehensive,...
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Opioid prescribing practices following bariatric surgery: a systematic review and pooled proportion meta-analysis
IntroductionA paucity of literature exists regarding current opioid prescribing and use following bariatric surgery. We aimed to characterize opioid...
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Robotic versus open radical cystectomy for bladder cancer: evaluation of complications, survival, and opioid prescribing patterns
We aim to compare complications, readmission, survival, and prescribing patterns of opioids for post-operative pain management for Robotic-assisted...
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Trends in postoperative opioid prescribing in Ontario between 2013 and 2019: a population-based cohort study
PurposeMany hospital and provincial-level recommendations now advise a tailored approach to postoperative opioid prescribing; recent trends in...
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Smoking identified as preferred mode of opioid safe supply use; investigating correlates of smoking preference through a 2021 cross-sectional study in British Columbia
BackgroundThe increasing number of illicit drug toxicity deaths in British Columbia (BC) has led to calls for a regulated (pharmaceutical grade)...
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Toward Safer Opioid Prescribing in HIV care (TOWER): a mixed-methods, cluster-randomized trial
BackgroundThe 2016 U.S. Centers for Disease Control Opioid Prescribing Guideline (CDC Guideline) is currently being revised amid concern that it may...
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Opioid versus non-opioid postoperative pain management in otolaryngology
BackgroundThe opioid epidemic in the United States has had devastating consequences, with many opioid-related deaths and a significant economic toll....
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An answered call for aid? Cannabinoid clinical framework for the opioid epidemic
BackgroundThe opioid crisis continues in full force, as physicians and caregivers are desperate for resources to help patients with opioid use and...
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Evidence-Based Interventions to Improve Opioid Prescribing in Primary Care: a Qualitative Assessment of Implementation in Two Studies
BackgroundThe TOPCARE and TEACH randomized controlled trials demonstrated the efficacy of a multi-faceted intervention to promote guideline-adherent...
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The role of artificial intelligence in hel** providers manage pain and opioid use after surgery
Excess opioid prescribing among post-surgical patients plays a major contributory role in the ongoing opioid epidemic in the United States—an...