Risk Factors for Opioid Use Disorders in Adult Postsurgical Patients

The use of opioids in the treatment of chronic pain is one of the most controversial topics in medicine today. Many studies have proposed that the postoperative period is a vulnerable time for patients at risk for developing an opioid use disorder. Many patients are prescribed opioids for management...

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Autores principales: Burcher, Kimberly M, Suprun, Andrey, Smith, Arron
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2018
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Pain Management
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6040780/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30018867
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2611
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description The use of opioids in the treatment of chronic pain is one of the most controversial topics in medicine today. Many studies have proposed that the postoperative period is a vulnerable time for patients at risk for developing an opioid use disorder. Many patients are prescribed opioids for management of their postsurgical pain and continue using them for prolonged amounts of time following their surgeries. Some populations are more likely to develop an opioid use disorder following exposure to opioid medications than others. In this review, the authors discuss the patient-level risk factors for the abuse of these drugs in postsurgical patients.
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spelling pubmed-60407802018-07-17 Risk Factors for Opioid Use Disorders in Adult Postsurgical Patients Burcher, Kimberly M Suprun, Andrey Smith, Arron Cureus Pain Management The use of opioids in the treatment of chronic pain is one of the most controversial topics in medicine today. Many studies have proposed that the postoperative period is a vulnerable time for patients at risk for developing an opioid use disorder. Many patients are prescribed opioids for management of their postsurgical pain and continue using them for prolonged amounts of time following their surgeries. Some populations are more likely to develop an opioid use disorder following exposure to opioid medications than others. In this review, the authors discuss the patient-level risk factors for the abuse of these drugs in postsurgical patients. Cureus 2018-05-11 /pmc/articles/PMC6040780/ /pubmed/30018867 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2611 Text en Copyright © 2018, Burcher et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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