Postoperative Restrictive Opioid Protocols and Durable Changes in Opioid Prescribing and Chronic Opioid Use.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Changes in postsurgical opioid prescribing practices may help reduce chronic opioid use in surgical patients.

Objective

To investigate whether postsurgical acute pain across different surgical subspecialties can be managed effectively after hospital discharge with an opioid supply of 3 or fewer days and whether this reduction in prescribed opioids is associated with reduced new, persistent opioid use.

Design, setting, and participants

In this prospective cohort study with a case-control design, a restrictive opioid prescription protocol (ROPP) specifying an opioid supply of 3 or fewer days after discharge from surgery along with standardized patient education was implemented across all surgical services at a tertiary-care comprehensive cancer center. Partic

SUBMITTER: Zsiros E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9857779 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature