Limiting Acetaminophen Dose in Combo Medications Beneficial
Limiting acetaminophen in prescription acetaminophen and opioid products linked to reduction in rate of hospitalization, proportion of acute liver failure cases
Diagnosis & Disease Information
Initiation of Opioids Not Recommended for Chronic Pain
Strong recommendation made against long-term opioid therapy, especially for younger age groups, those with substance use disorder
Opioid Prescription Can Be Eliminated After Urologic Cancer Surgery
Postoperative opioid prescriptions are associated with delayed recovery, perioperative complications, and opioid misuse, investigators noted.
Postoperative Restrictive Opioid Rx Protocol Feasible for Most Patients
Significant decreases seen in the number of opioids prescribed, conversion to long-term opioid use seen
2000 to 2020 Saw Increase in Drug Overdose Death Rates in Older Adults
For men aged 65 to 74 and 75 years or older, drug overdose death rates were higher for non-Hispanic Black men
Legalization of Medical Marijuana Cuts Opioid Use Among Cancer Patients
Reduction seen in rate of one or more opioid days and in the rate of one or more pain-related hospital events
CDC Updates Recommendations for Prescribing Opioids for Pain
Benefits and risk of all treatment options should be considered in the context of patient circumstances
Opioid Rx Down for Chronic Noncancer Pain, Cancer Pain in US Adults
Declines in opioid prescribing outpacing increases in receipt of nonopioid therapies
Opioid Use in Advanced Urothelial Carcinoma Quantified
Pain requiring opioids is more common among patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma compared with a matched control group of patients without cancer, a study found.
Combating Inappropriate Polypharmacy
Older adults are especially prone to inappropriate polypharmacy because they commonly have multiple medical problems and see a variety of specialists.
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