Sentences with phrase «received opioid prescriptions»

The authors measured the time to opioid cessation for any individual receiving an opioid prescription within 90 days after surgery, with the date of cessation defined by the absence of any opioid prescription within the preceding 90 days.

The study, published today in the Annals of Emergency Medicine, also demonstrates that patients who receive an opioid prescription in the ED are less likely to progress to long - term use.

None of the patients in the study had received an opioid prescription for the previous six months.

In the last 15 years, the number of Americans receiving an opioid prescription and the number of deaths involving overdoses have roughly quadrupled, according to the CDC.

For Dr. Mark Edlund, a senior public health analyst at RTI International who was also not involved in the study, it adds to a growing and worrisome body of evidence that people with mental health disorders who are at higher risk for abusing opioids are also more likely to receive opioid prescriptions.

Not exact matches

In fact, these Americans receive half of all opioid prescriptions.

When filling the opioid prescription at a pharmacy, 42 percent were spoken with about the risks associated with opioid use while 58 percent received no warning.

The uninsured and those without prescription coverage can already receive naloxone for free through the state's opioid overdose prevention programs.

As many as one in four people who receive prescription opioids in the long - term for noncancer pain in primary care settings struggle with addiction, per the CDC.

Fewer veterans received prescriptions for risky dosages of opioid painkillers after a national initiative took aim at reducing high doses and potentially dangerous drug combinations, a new study finds.

The study included 39,140 opioid - naive patients, of whom 53 percent received 1 or more opioid prescriptions within 90 days after discharge.

All had received a prescription for opioids.

People who received prescriptions for opioid painkillers in the months before elective abdominal operations had longer hospital stays, and a higher chance of needing follow - up care in a hospital or rehabilitation facility, than patients who weren't taking such medications before they had the same operations, the study finds.

For example, patients who received their first opioid prescription for an ankle sprain treated in U.S. emergency departments (EDs) commonly received prescriptions for anywhere from 15 to 40 pills, according to new research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

Overall, seven percent of patients received a prescription for an opioid pain medication (such as hydrocodone or oxycodone).

«Despite representing only 16 percent of the adult population, adults with mental health disorders receive more than half of all opioid prescriptions distributed each year in the United States,» said Matthew Davis, lead author of the study and assistant professor at the U-M School of Nursing.

A total of 568,612 (56 %) patients received prescriptions for postoperative opioids, 90 % of which were filled within three days of hospital discharge.

In addition, 70 percent received prescriptions from the same provider who prescribed them opioids before their initial overdose.

Additionally, patients appropriate for medication - assisted treatment could receive a prescription for buprenorphine, a medication used to combat opioid addiction.

The analysis showed that adults with mood disorders receive 51 percent of the opioid prescriptions distributed in the U.S., some 60 million prescriptions a year.

People with mood disorders are at increased risk of abusing opioids, and yet they received many more prescriptions than the general population, according to an analysis of data from 2011 and 2013.

On average, doctors whose opioid prescription volume ranked among the top 5 % nationally received twice as much money from the opioid manufacturers, compared with doctors whose prescription volume was in the median.

For example, patient who received their first opioid prescription for an ankle sprain treated in U.S. emergency departments (EDs) commonly received prescriptions for anywhere from 15 to 40 pills, according to new research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

Further study of data from more than 243,000 patients aged 45 and younger found that those who were given two prescription fills were 2.25 times more likely to become long - term opioid users than those who received one prescription.

The study, which was published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, looked at nearly 13,000 low - income Medicare patients with osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis who received a prescription for NSAIDs (such as ibuprofen), COX - 2 inhibitors (such as Vioxx and Celebrex), or opioids (such as oxycodone and hydrocodone) over a six - year period.

Clinicians should review the patient's history of controlled substance prescriptions using state prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) data to determine whether the patient is receiving opioid dosages or dangerous combinations that put him or her at high risk for overdose.

In November 2010, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a recall of Darvon, the brand name of propoxyphene, a prescription opioid painkiller that received FDA approval in 1957.