Sentences with phrase «opioid prescriptions written»

The study found that for every additional 6.7 opioid prescriptions written per 100 people living in the state, the rate of removal of children due to parental neglect went up by 32 percent.

To study 5.2 million opioid prescriptions written for acute — or new - onset — pain across the U.S. between 2009 and 2015, the researchers used the OptumLabs Data Warehouse, a database of de-identified, linked clinical and administrative claims information.

Not exact matches

Jackson, the longtime White House physician who was nominated to replace fired VA Secretary David Shulkin, faces a two - page list of accusations, including claims that he «wrecked» a government vehicle after getting drunk at a going - away party, wrote himself Percocet prescriptions and provided a White House military staffer with a «large supply» of the opioid.

«Family and friends of those struggling with addiction often feel helpless and the worst case scenario of a fatal overdose is always looming,» said Sherlita Amler, MD, Commissioner of Health, who writes the standing orders that cover the prescriptions needed for the county to participate in the New York State Opioid Overdose Prevention Program.

«As prescription opioid use is under national scrutiny and because surgery has been identified as an avenue for addiction, it is important to recognize effective alternatives to standard pharmacological therapy, which remains the first option for treatment,» the authors write.

Michael and his team found participants discharged 119,428 patients and wrote 75,203 prescriptions, of which 15,124 (or about 20 percent) were for opioids over the course of the 12 - month study.

U.S. doctors wrote about 30 million fewer opioid prescriptions in 2015 than in 2012, data from IMS Health show.

Doctors in states where marijuana is legal write fewer prescriptions for opioid painkillers, a 2016 study in Health Affairs showed.

Sites said it's possible that patients with mood disorders respond to pain differently, spurring physicians to write more opioid prescriptions; previous research has shown that patients with a history of depression are at increased risk of developing chronic pain.

«With the rates of opioid dependence and overdose skyrocketing and physician prescriptions representing the center of the supply chain, it is imperative for surgeons to balance the pain - control needs of patients with the devastating consequences of America's epidemic,» researchers wrote.

The article goes on to mention the CDC's release of guidelines on opioid prescription but fails to cite that this guidance came out as late as March, 2016, well after the epidemic had already taken root and thousands were already addicted and dying of overdose (I wrote an article on the CDC's guidelines last year and highly recommend you read that article too if you want to learn more).