Healio (10/31, Rhoades) reports, “Researchers identified multiple predictors of opioid overdose after an opioid prescription for chronic pain in a…study published in CMAJ.” In the study, evidence identified predictors including “a history of overdose…four or more dispensing pharmacies,” and “three or more prescribers,” among others. “Moderate- to high-certainty evidence supported large relative associations with history of overdose, higher opioid dose, 3 or more prescribers, 4 or more dispensing pharmacies, prescription of fentanyl, current substance use disorder, any mental health diagnosis, depression, bipolar disorder, or pancreatitis.”
Related Links:
— “Study identifies 10 predictors of opioid overdose after prescription for chronic pain,”Andrew Rhoades , Healio , October 31, 2023