STAT (7/26, Joseph) reported a study of “more than 300,000 women who gave birth between 2008 and 2016” found nearly 2% “showed signs of ‘persistent’ opioid use” after childbirth. However, “both the percentage of women who filled their prescriptions and the rate of persistent opioid use declined” over the study period. HealthDay (7/26, Preidt) reported the study “found 1% to 2% of those women were still filling opioid prescriptions a year later,” and that “those most likely to be doing so were women who were prescribed opioids before giving birth, and those who got the largest initial doses.” MedPage Today (7/26, D’Ambrosio) reported the research showed “during the study period, opioid prescription fills decreased from 26.9% to 23.8% among women who gave birth vaginally and from 75.5% to 72.6% for women that had a C-section.” The findings were published in JAMA Network Open.
Related Links:
— “Study: 2% of women have ‘persistent’ opioid use after childbirth, “Lauren Joseph, STAT, July 26, 2019