Importance The opioid epidemic continues to be a public health crisis in the US. Objective
To assess the patient factors and early time-varying prescription-related factors associated …

Importance Previous studies that examined the role of household opioid prescriptions in
opioid overdose risk were limited to commercial claims, did not include fatal overdoses, and …

Study Design. Retrospective cohort study performed in a nationwide insurance claims
database. Objective. To evaluate the duration and magnitude of post-operative opioid …

Purpose. The present study is aimed at predicting the physician's specialty based on the
most frequent two medications prescribed simultaneously. The results of this study could be …

Background Hydrocodone and oxycodone are prescribed commonly to treat pain. However,
differences in risk of opioid-related adverse outcomes after an initial prescription are …

Introduction Excessive opioid use after sustaining trauma has contributed to the opioid
epidemic. Standardizing the quantity of opioids prescribed at discharge can improve …

When asked about the similarities between the region of Valencia, Spain and the State of
Oregon in the USA, an artificial-intelligence (AI)-driven chatbot poetically listed several …

Background Excess opioid prescribing after surgery can lead to prolonged opioid use and
diversion. We interviewed surgeons who were part of a three-group cluster-randomised …

The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) Emergency Medicine Quality
Network (E-QUAL) Opioid Initiative was launched in 2018 to advance the dissemination of …

We are all familiar with the dictum 'primum non nocere'—first, do no harm. The Latin word
'nocere'is commonly interpreted as 'harm', but it shares a root with 'pain'—think 'nociceptor'as …