Review How to maximize patient safety when prescribing opioids. Citation Text: Kirpalani D. How to Maximize Patient Safety When Prescribing Opioids. PM R. 2015;7(11 Suppl):S225-S235. doi:10.1016/j.pmrj.2015.08.016. Copy Citation Format: DOIGoogle ScholarPubMedBibTeXEndNote X3 XMLEndNote 7 XMLEndnote taggedPubMedIdRIS Download Citation Save Save to your library Print Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL December 2, 2015 Kirpalani D. PM R. 2015;7(11 Suppl):S225-S235. View more articles from the same authors. Inappropriate opioid use in ambulatory and hospital environments is often associated with patient harm. This review discusses guidelines and current evidence to inform assessment and monitoring for patients using this high-alert medication. PubMed citation Available at Save Save to your library Print Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL Cite Citation Citation Text: Kirpalani D. How to Maximize Patient Safety When Prescribing Opioids. PM R. 2015;7(11 Suppl):S225-S235. doi:10.1016/j.pmrj.2015.08.016. Copy Citation Format: DOIGoogle ScholarPubMedBibTeXEndNote X3 XMLEndNote 7 XMLEndnote taggedPubMedIdRIS Download Citation Related Resources From the Same Author(s) In-house, overnight physician staffing: a cross-sectional survey of Canadian adult and pediatric intensive care units. May 3, 2006 Patient safety, resident well-being and continuity of care with different resident duty schedules in the intensive care unit: a randomized trial. March 18, 2015 View More Related Resources American Geriatrics Society 2023 updated AGS Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults. August 16, 2023 WebM&M Cases Overdose of Gabapentin and Oxycodone in a Patient with End-Stage Renal Disease: A Case for Appropriate Interruptive Drug-Disease Alerts. February 1, 2023 Effect of prescriber notifications of patient’s fatal overdose on opioid prescribing at 4 to 12 months: a randomized clinical trial. January 18, 2023 Medication use evaluation of high-dose long-term opioid de-prescribing in multiple Veterans Affairs medical centers. January 18, 2023 ASHP Guidelines on Preventing Diversion of Controlled Substances. December 14, 2022 Deprescribing medicines in older people living with multimorbidity and polypharmacy: the TAILOR evidence synthesis. October 5, 2022 Potentially inappropriate prescribing for adults living with diabetes mellitus: a scoping review. October 5, 2022 Opioids and falls risk in older adults: a narrative review. May 25, 2022 Annual Perspective Annual Perspective: Topics in Medication Safety March 31, 2022 Effects of state opioid prescribing laws on use of opioid and other pain treatments among commercially insured U.S. adults. March 30, 2022 Drive to Deprescribe. June 23, 2021 Guidelines for opioid prescribing in children and adolescents after surgery: an expert panel opinion. December 2, 2020 Annual Perspective Pharmacist Role in Patient Safety February 21, 2020 How to prevent or reduce prescribing errors: an evidence brief for policy authors. August 7, 2019 Strategies to identify patient risks of prescription opioid addiction when initiating opioids for pain: a systematic review. June 19, 2019 Inappropriate opioid prescription after surgery. May 29, 2019 The opioid crisis: origins, trends, policies, and the roles of pharmacists. April 10, 2019 Prescribing in 2019: what are the safety concerns? March 13, 2019 Assessment of the FDA Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy for transmucosal immediate-release fentanyl products. March 6, 2019 Appropriateness of outpatient antibiotic prescribing among privately insured US patients: ICD-10-CM based cross sectional study. February 6, 2019 Specifications of computerized provider order entry and clinical decision support systems for cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy: a systematic review. October 10, 2018 Interventions for postsurgical opioid prescribing: a systematic review. September 19, 2018 Labeling morphine milligram equivalents on opioid packaging: a potential patient safety intervention. August 22, 2018 Polypharmacy and potentially inappropriate medication in people with dementia: a nationwide study. June 13, 2018 Physician prescribing of opioids to patients at increased risk of overdose from benzodiazepine use in the United States. May 16, 2018 Opioids and Dentistry. April 11, 2018 Opioid prescribing practices from 2010 through 2015 among dentists in the United States: what do claims data tell us? April 11, 2018 Pain states, the opioid epidemic, and the role of radiologists. April 4, 2018 Impact of pharmacist previsit input to providers on chronic opioid prescribing safety. March 14, 2018 Our other prescription drug problem. March 14, 2018 View More See More About The Topic Hospitals Ambulatory Care Health Care Providers Pharmacy Ordering/Prescribing Errors View More
In-house, overnight physician staffing: a cross-sectional survey of Canadian adult and pediatric intensive care units. May 3, 2006
Patient safety, resident well-being and continuity of care with different resident duty schedules in the intensive care unit: a randomized trial. March 18, 2015
American Geriatrics Society 2023 updated AGS Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults. August 16, 2023
WebM&M Cases Overdose of Gabapentin and Oxycodone in a Patient with End-Stage Renal Disease: A Case for Appropriate Interruptive Drug-Disease Alerts. February 1, 2023
Effect of prescriber notifications of patient’s fatal overdose on opioid prescribing at 4 to 12 months: a randomized clinical trial. January 18, 2023
Medication use evaluation of high-dose long-term opioid de-prescribing in multiple Veterans Affairs medical centers. January 18, 2023
Deprescribing medicines in older people living with multimorbidity and polypharmacy: the TAILOR evidence synthesis. October 5, 2022
Potentially inappropriate prescribing for adults living with diabetes mellitus: a scoping review. October 5, 2022
Effects of state opioid prescribing laws on use of opioid and other pain treatments among commercially insured U.S. adults. March 30, 2022
Guidelines for opioid prescribing in children and adolescents after surgery: an expert panel opinion. December 2, 2020
Strategies to identify patient risks of prescription opioid addiction when initiating opioids for pain: a systematic review. June 19, 2019
Assessment of the FDA Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy for transmucosal immediate-release fentanyl products. March 6, 2019
Appropriateness of outpatient antibiotic prescribing among privately insured US patients: ICD-10-CM based cross sectional study. February 6, 2019
Specifications of computerized provider order entry and clinical decision support systems for cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy: a systematic review. October 10, 2018
Labeling morphine milligram equivalents on opioid packaging: a potential patient safety intervention. August 22, 2018
Polypharmacy and potentially inappropriate medication in people with dementia: a nationwide study. June 13, 2018
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Opioid prescribing practices from 2010 through 2015 among dentists in the United States: what do claims data tell us? April 11, 2018
Impact of pharmacist previsit input to providers on chronic opioid prescribing safety. March 14, 2018