The Opioid Epidemic
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- 1 May 2015
- journal article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
- Vol. 23 (5), 267-271
- https://doi.org/10.5435/jaaos-d-14-00163
Abstract
The past few decades have seen an alarming rise in opioid use in the United States, and the negative consequences from diversion of opioids for nontherapeutic use are dramatically increasing. A significant number of orthopaedic patients are at risk for repercussions from both therapeutic and nontherapeutic opioid use. Orthopaedic surgeons are the third highest prescribers of opioid prescriptions among physicians in the United States. Thus, it is important for orthopaedic surgeons to understand the detrimental effects of opioid abuse on individuals and society and to recognize objective measures to identify patients at risk for nontherapeutic opioid use. These measures include elements of the patient history, recognition of aberrant behaviors, prescription drug monitoring programs, and opioid risk-assessment tools.This publication has 15 references indexed in Scilit:
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