Sentences with phrase «opioid prescription refills»

Five of those patients asked for an opioid prescription refill.

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.

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New prescription guidelines for opioids reduced prescription size but did not increase refill requests.

They looked for persistent opioid use, defined as continued prescription refills 90 to 180 days after the surgical procedure and beyond what is expected after routine surgery.

A subsequent opioid risk reduction initiative included standards for patient monitoring and urine drug screening, periodic monitoring visits, and modifications to the prescription refill process to prevent urgent refill requests.

In light of the growing opioid crisis, the Federal Drug Administration in October 2014 reclassified all hydrocodone products in a way that makes them more carefully controlled, including limiting prescriptions to a 30 - day supply with no refills.

But many primary care doctors simply refill the opioid prescription for another 30 days or longer, a phenomenon Barnett calls clinical inertia.

And patients typically require a prescription for only a few days» worth of painkillers, rather than an initial prescription for 60 opioid tablets that could often be refilled.

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