HCPlive (10/6, Derman) reported, “A newly developed prediction model for opioid treatment may help detect risk of opioids by three weeks,” researchers concluded after creating “a prediction model to see if people with opioid use disorder” (OUD) “were at a risk for opioid return during early stages of treatment – which they were.” Included in the participant sample were “2199 adult trial participants aged >18 years old.” The findingswere published online Oct. 4 in JAMA Psychiatry. “A simplified score provided good clinical risk stratification wherein patients with weekly opioid-negative UDS (Urine Drug Screen) results in the 3 weeks after treatment initiation had a 13% risk of return to use compared with 85% for those with 3 weeks of opioid-positive or missing UDS results.”
Related Links:
— “New Decision Analytical Model Predicts Risk of Opioid Use Disorder Return,”Chelsie Derman, HCPlive, October 6, 2023