Background Addiction to opiates and synthetic opioids poses a major threat to public health
worldwide, with pharmaceutical opioids prescribed to manage pain constituting the main …

Context: The ongoing opioid epidemic and associated adverse effects impart a large burden
on our current healthcare system. The annual economic and noneconomic cost of opioid …

Background Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) is a pragmatic approach to help
individuals decrease avoidable pain. Objective This study aims to evaluate the effects of …

Background We conducted a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of
acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) delivered via a mobile phone messaging robot …

Background: The purpose of this 2-part study is to determine opioid prescribing patterns and
characterize actual opioid use and postoperative pain control in children following discharge …

Background Post-surgical pain in children is common, severe, and inadequately controlled.
An effective model should involve the participation of parents. Aims To investigate parental …

Discussion| Postoperative opioid prescribing for children is unnecessary following
umbilical/epigastric herniorrhaphy, appendectomy, inguinal herniorrhaphy/hydrocelectomy …

Background: Understanding which pediatric patients seek opioid refills is crucial as
prescription opioid use in childhood is associated with an increased risk of future opioid …

Background: Improving pain control and decreasing opioid prescription and usage continue
to be emphasized across both pediatric and adult populations. The purpose of this review is …

Methods| As part of a multispecialty quality improvement project to reduce opioid
prescribing, this study was deemed exempt by the University of Michigan institutional review …