25% of Patients Prescribed Opioids End Up Using the Drugs Long TermAJMC staff
Mack, PhD JAMA Internal Medicine Podcast (8:31) High-Risk Use by Patients Prescribed Opioids for Pain and Its Role in Overdose Deaths, and Sources of Prescription Opioid Pain Relievers by Frequency of Past-Year Nonmedical Use: United States, 2008-2011 1x 0:00 / 0:00 Abstract Importance ...
Patients receiving higher doses of prescribed opioids are at increased risk of opioid overdose, underscoring the need for close supervision of these patients. KM Dunn,KW Saunders,CM Rutter,... - 《Annals of Internal Medicine》 被引量: 76发表: 2010年 Chronic noncancer pain: Characteristics of ...
Nalliah gives two possible reasons for this. First, dentists may have prescribed opioids in only the toughest cases, which would have resulted in more pain regardless. "Or alternatively, and this is the reason I tend to accept, is that our study concurs with previous studies that suggest opio...
Benzodiazepine Use Among Low Back Pain Patients Concurrently Prescribed Opioids in the Military Health System Between 2012 and 2013 Dramatic increases in the amount of opioids prescribed for chronic non-cancer pain, particularly low back pain, exist among those served by the military health care system...
However, the participant could reschedule the OAT intake appointment, at which time a new induction would be prescribed by the OAT staff, as clinically appropriate. After intake, the OAT staff determined all ongoing treatment. Research Assessments All participants were interviewed at baseline and at...
During their first physician visit, patients experiencing newly diagnosed chronic musculoskeletal pain are prescribed opioids more often than physical therapy, counseling, and other nonpharmacologic approaches, according to a new study published in the J
Moreover, if prescription opioids become scarce, individuals who are dependent on them, whether through legal or illegal means, can face dangerous situations. They may turn to illicit alternatives to manage their pain or dependency. This is worrisome because these illicit sources might contain contami...
Patterns were different for buprenorphine treatment for opioid dependency. Patients who were already in treatment retained access to these drugs during the pandemic. There was little to no change in the number of prescriptions or doses prescribed for these patients. ...
"Taking opioids, in particular strong opioids, has substantially increased in recent years in patients newly suffering from osteoarthritis". Precautions must urgently be taken so that these medications are prescribed safely. This applies in particular forolder womenwho live under difficult social condition...