Open AccessDefining Optimal Length of Opioid Pain Medication Prescription After Common Surgical Procedures
Author(s) -
Rebecca E. Scully,
Andrew J. Schoenfeld,
Wei Jiang,
Stuart R. Lipsitz,
Muhammad Ali Chaudhary,
Peter A. Learn,
Tracey Koehlmoos,
Adil H. Haider,
Louis L. Nguyen
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
jama surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.757
H-Index - 176
eISSN - 2168-6262
pISSN - 2168-6254
DOI - 10.1001/jamasurg.2017.3132
Subject(s) - medicine , medical prescription , interquartile range , opioid , emergency medicine , retrospective cohort study , anesthesia , pharmacology , receptor
The overprescription of pain medications has been implicated as a driver of the burgeoning opioid epidemic; however, few guidelines exist regarding the appropriateness of opioid pain medication prescriptions after surgery.
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