Trends in the Use of Gabapentinoids and Opioids in the Postoperative Period Among Older Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

In response to the opioid epidemic, recommendations from some pain societies have encouraged surgeons to embrace multimodal pain regimens with the intent of reducing opioid use in the postoperative period, including by prescribing gabapentinoids.

Objective

To describe trends in postoperative prescribing of both gabapentinoids and opioids after a variety of surgical procedures by examining nationally representative Medicare data and further understand variation by procedure.

Design, setting, and participants

This serial cross-sectional study of gabapentinoid prescribing from January 1, 2013, through December 31, 2018, used a 20% US Medicare sample. Gabapentinoid-naive patients 66 years or older undergoing 1 of 14 common noncataract surgical procedures perfor

SUBMITTER: Bongiovanni T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10276300 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature