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Opioids not superior to nonopioid analgesics for back pain ...
... Opioids not superior to nonopioid analgesics for back pain, hip or knee osteoarthritis. There was no significant difference ...
Opioids may be associated with increased risk for serious ...
... greater odds than control participants of being current opioid users, and associations were strongest for long-acting opioids, high-potency opioids ...
10% of those who use opioids account for the vast majority of ...
... 10% of those who use opioids account for the vast majority of use. ... The top 10% of those who used opioids were older (average age, 47 vs. ...
Many patients do not use or discard prescription opioids after ...
More needs to be done to reduce the oversupply of opioids after surgery because prescriptions are often not fully used, and easily diverted for ...
Guidance limited for treating acute pain | ACP Internist
... “But you have to wonder that maybe some of it was that we were prescribing [opioids], and we were the ones that got the patient hooked.”. ...
CDC issues recommendations for prescribing opioids for ...
Among 12 recommendations was the consideration that clinicians should consider opioids only if expected benefits for both pain and function ...
Coprescription of naloxone for acute use in case of overdose ...
... Coprescription of naloxone for acute use in case of overdose may benefit primary care patients taking opioids for chronic pain. ...
CDC proposes 12 draft recommendations for prescribing ...
... CDC proposes 12 draft recommendations for prescribing opioids. The agency is accepting public comment until Jan. 13. ...
Combining benzodiazepines and opioids associated with ...
... half of the deaths from drug overdose in a cohort of US veterans occurred among current benzodiazepine users concurrently prescribed opioids. ...
Prescribe opioids, but with caution | ACP Internist
Use of opioids for chronic pain quadrupled in a 10-year span, despite scant evidence that they are effective for noncancer pain and ample evidence ...