An updated view on the influence of initial opioid prescription characteristics on long-term opioid use among opioid naive patients.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This retrospective cohort study provides an updated view on the association between the likelihood of long-term opioid use (LTOU) and characteristics of the initial opioid prescription (dose, opioid type) and initial opioid prescription episode (days' supplied) among opioid-naïve patients utilizing IQVIA PharMetrics®Plus for Academics database representative of commercially insured patients in the US.

Methods

Kaplan-Meier estimates were used to determine opioid continuation likelihood at 365 days stratified by the characteristics of the initial opioid prescription and initial opioid prescription episode. Cox-proportional hazard models were estimated to determine the strength of association between initial opioid prescription characteristics and opioid continuation

SUBMITTER: Smith AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11924105 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature