The study authors explored whether exposure to opioids and benzodiazepines in emergency traumatic injury care is associated with long-term substance use and negative mental health outcomes.
Despite some progress in expanding access to medications to treat opioid use disorder, a substantial gap between OUD prevalence and treatment receipt still exists.
A lower default number of doses for opioid prescriptions in electronic health record systems does not appear to impact pain control among teens and young adults undergoing tonsillectomy.
Pain and addiction specialists discuss the rise in workplace violence over opioid denials and how to improve communication and change patient expectations.