Sentences with phrase «opioid misuse after»

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In a perspective in this week's New England Journal of Medicine, Daniel Alford, MD, MPH, associate professor of medicine and assistant dean of Continuing Medical Education and director of the Safe and Competent Opioid Prescribing Education (SCOPE of Pain) program at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), recommends that prescriber education is the best approach to addressing the prescription opioid - misuse epidemic, allowing for individualized care on the basis of a patient's needs after a careful benefit - risk assesOpioid Prescribing Education (SCOPE of Pain) program at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), recommends that prescriber education is the best approach to addressing the prescription opioid - misuse epidemic, allowing for individualized care on the basis of a patient's needs after a careful benefit - risk assesopioid - misuse epidemic, allowing for individualized care on the basis of a patient's needs after a careful benefit - risk assessment.

For example, after taking account of other potentially influential factors, each opioid prescription refill was associated with a 44 % increase in misuse and each additional week of opioid use was associated with a 20 % increase in opioid misuse among these patients.

These results remained largely unchanged after further sensitivity analyses, prompting the researchers to suggest that giving moderate to higher opioid doses for shorter durations may be a more effective way to manage pain after surgery, while minimising the risk of misuse and addiction.

Every day, more than 90 Americans die after overdosing on opioids, and the economic burden of prescription opioid misuse in the United States totals $ 78.5 billion per year, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

Length of Opioid Prescription, Number of Refills Spell Highest Risk for Misuse after Surgery January 18, 2018 [Source: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center]