Background Historically, the receipt of prescription opioids has differed among racial groups
in the United States. Research has not sufficiently explored the contribution of individual …

Guidelines now discourage opioid analgesics for chronic noncancer pain because the
benefits frequently do not outweigh the harms. We aimed to determine the proportion of …

Background: Opioids are frequently prescribed for acute musculoskeletal injuries and may
result in long-term use and consequent harms. Purpose: To explore factors associated with …

Background Opioid overdose is a continuing public health crisis. In response to an
increasing recognition of the negative outcomes sometimes associated with the use of …

Objective To determine the risk of prolonged opioid use in patients receiving tramadol
compared with other short acting opioids. Design Observational study of administrative …

While recent research has shown that cannabis access laws can reduce the use of
prescription opioids, the effect of these laws on opioid use is not well understood for all …

Study objective To inform opioid stewardship efforts, we describe the variation in emergency
department (ED) opioid prescribing for a common minor injury, ankle sprain, and determine …

We investigate the role of person-and place-specific factors in the opioid epidemic by
developing and estimating a dynamic model of prescription opioid abuse. We estimate the …

Consider “Jane,” a 30-year-old female patient brought in by emergency medical services
(EMS) to the emergency department (ED), reflecting just one of more than 100,000 opioid …

Abstract This second Guideline for Reasonable and Appropriate Care in the Emergency
Department (GRACE‐2) from the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine is on the topic …