Postoperative opioid misuse in patients with opioid use disorders maintained on opioid agonist treatment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients recovering from opioid use disorders (OUD) may be prone to relapse and opioid misuse in the postoperative period due to re-exposure to prescription opioids for pain control. This retrospective study analyzed the incidence of confirmed opioid misuse in the postoperative period in patients with OUDs enrolled in an opioid agonist treatment (OAT) program.

Methods

The study population was US veterans with a diagnosis of OUD who enrolled in the OAT program at VA Maryland Health Care System (Baltimore, Maryland, USA) between 1/1/2000 and 12/31/2016. The patients were excluded if they were enrolled in OAT for less than a year, or if they had surgery within the first 180 days after OAT admission. The surgical group consisted of veterans who had surgery or an invas

SUBMITTER: Namiranian K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7416727 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature