Safety and Distribution of Opioid Prescribing by U.S. Surgeons.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To estimate high-risk prescribing patterns among opioid prescriptions from U.S. surgeons; to characterize the distribution of high-risk prescribing among surgeons.

Background

National data on the prevalence of opioid prescribing and high-risk opioid prescribing by U.S. surgeons are lacking.

Methods

Using the IQVIA Prescription Database, which reports dispensing from 92% of U.S. pharmacies, we identified opioid prescriptions from surgeons dispensed in 2019 to patients ages ≥12 years. "High-risk" prescriptions were characterized by: days supplied >7, daily dosage ≥50 oral morphine equivalents (OMEs), opioid-benzodiazepine overlap, and extended-release/long-acting opioid. We determined the proportion of opioid prescriptions, total OMEs, and high-risk prescripti

SUBMITTER: Waljee JF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10354205 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature