Opioids Can Be Continued in Cancer Patients With Nonmedical Stimulant Use
Regardless of prognosis, panel deemed it appropriate to continue opioids, increase monitoring, and avoid opioid tapering
Regardless of prognosis, panel deemed it appropriate to continue opioids, increase monitoring, and avoid opioid tapering
Significantly increased risk observed for social or behavioral health workers, registered nurses, health care support workers
Findings seen in patients undergoing total hip or knee arthroplasty receiving opioids in the acute postoperative period.
No impact on receipt of opioid or nonopioid pain treatment seen among patients with chronic noncancer pain
Limiting acetaminophen in prescription acetaminophen and opioid products linked to reduction in rate of hospitalization, proportion of acute liver failure cases
Strong recommendation made against long-term opioid therapy, especially for younger age groups, those with substance use disorder
Postoperative opioid prescriptions are associated with delayed recovery, perioperative complications, and opioid misuse, investigators noted.
Significant decreases seen in the number of opioids prescribed, conversion to long-term opioid use seen
For men aged 65 to 74 and 75 years or older, drug overdose death rates were higher for non-Hispanic Black men
Reduction seen in rate of one or more opioid days and in the rate of one or more pain-related hospital events