Opioid Use During the Six Months After an Emergency Department Visit for Acute Pain: A Prospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Study objective

Despite the frequent use of opioids to treat acute pain, the long-term risks and analgesic benefits of an opioid prescription for an individual emergency department (ED) patient with acute pain are still poorly understood and inadequately quantified. Our objective was to determine the frequency of recurrent or persistent opioid use during the 6 months after the ED visit METHODS: This was a prospective, observational cohort study of opioid-naive patients presenting to 2 EDs for acute pain who were prescribed an opioid at discharge. Patients were followed by telephone 6 months after the ED visit. Additionally, we reviewed the statewide prescription monitoring program database. Outcomes included frequency of recurrent and persistent opioid use and frequency of persiste

SUBMITTER: Friedman BW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7188578 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature