Persistent opioid use in opioid-naive adolescents and young adults undergoing surgery or dental procedures may be associated with long-term use of opioids by a relative.
An initial prescription of opioids for 4 to 7 days for the management of acute pain in the primary care setting was found to be sufficient.
A 32-year-old woman presents with 2 days of gradually worsening suprapubic and right lower quadrant pain that radiates to the back.
Many providers stopped initiating opioid therapy from July 2012 to December 2017.
One in three children between the ages of 10 and 18 years said they had back pain in the past year.
A panel of experts addressed several challenges associated with the implementation of the 2016 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain.
Patients hospitalized with acute coronary syndrome or acute decompensated heart failure who are prescribed opioid medication at discharge may be less likely to resort to planned healthcare use.
Demand for naloxone is inelastic, with 1% increase in price resulting in 0.27% drop in sales
OnabotulinumtoxinA treatment was found to reduce the frequency and severity of monthly headache days and to improve quality of life and disability in patients with chronic migraine with or without allodynia.
Unique associations with adolescent NMPO use seen for parental lifetime smoking, parent-teen conflict.
