Association of opioid prescribing with opioid consumption after surgery in Michigan.

Ryan Howard; Brian Fry; Vidhya Gunaseelan; Jay S Lee; Jennifer F Waljee; Chad M Brummett; Darrell Campbell; Elizabeth Seese; Michael J Englesbe; Joceline Vu

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Association of opioid prescribing with opioid consumption after surgery in Michigan.

November 21, 2018

Howard R, Fry B, Gunaseelan V, et al. JAMA Surg. 2019;154(1):e184234.

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This observational study found that when patients were prescribed a higher number of opioid pills following surgery, they self-administered more pills, although most patients did consume all of the pills they received. The authors suggest collecting patient-reported opioid consumption data in order to make opioid prescribing safer.

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