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Tracking Opioid Refills After Surgery

Researchers evaluated perioperative and postdischarge factors associated with opioid refill prescriptions during the first 90 days after inpatient otolaryngology–head and neck surgery.

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  1. Lower discharge dosing did not reduce refills.
  2. Dose mismatch at discharge increased refill risk.
  3. Overprescribing prolonged refill risk.
  4. Preoperative opioid use predicted refills.
  5. Early refills signaled continued use.

Source: JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery

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