5 Key Takeaways

• 1

  Opioid prescribing decreased by 7.44% immediately after the 2021 guidelines, continuing to decline by 0.20% every 3 months.

• 2

  Nonopioid prescribing increased by 3.73% immediately following the guidelines, with a continued rise of 0.12% every 3 months.

• 3

  Overall, 46% of patients received opioids post-parotidectomy, while 7% received only nonopioids, and 47% received no opioids.

• 4

  The study utilized deidentified electronic health record data and interrupted time series analysis to assess prescribing trends.

• 5

  Limitations included inability to capture over-the-counter medication use and potential bias from electronic health record coding.