Articles: opioid-analgesics.
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Opioid medications are important therapeutic options to mitigate the harmful effects of pain but can also impair driving ability. We sought to explore opioid use, pain levels, and driving experiences among older drivers. ⋯ In this study from a large, geographically diverse sample of older adults, there was an association between opioid use and several self-reported measures of driving behavior and ability. However, future work should clarify the effects on driving of opioid use from the effects of the painful medical conditions for which the opioids are being taken. Clinicians should continue to discuss the risks and benefits of opioid medications with patients, including risks related to driving safety.
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An increasing trend in opioid consumption has been observed worldwide in last decades. However, data related to opioid utilization in hospital settings are scarce. The aim of this study was to determine the evolution of use of strong opioids and pain intensity in a tertiary hospital during 6 years. ⋯ This study shows a stable consumption of strong opioid analgesics in a hospital setting in contrast to what appears to be the extrahospitalary trend during last years. The association between consumption of opioids and pain intensity seems to indicate a good control of pain in the clinical setting, showing a significant correlation between the consumption of opioids and repeated and severe pain in medical departments.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Preemptive analgesia with a single low dose of intrathecal morphine in multilevel posterior lumbar interbody fusion surgery: a double-blind, randomized, controlled trial.
Patients undergoing lumbar spinal surgery may experience considerable pain in the early postoperative period, and poor pain control after multilevel lumbar spinal fusion surgery is frequently associated with multiple complications and delayed discharge from hospital. ⋯ Preemptive analgesia with ITM results in significantly improved early postoperative pain control and decreased postoperative patient-controlled intravenous analgesia consumption, with no increase in adverse effects.
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This study evaluates the associations between post injury depressive symptomology and opioid use from the initial time of injury in orthopedic trauma patients without pre-existing psychiatric conditions. ⋯ This study suggests that depressive symptomology immediately following musculoskeletal trauma is predictive for persistent depressive symptomology in a subset of our patient population. Inpatient BDI-II depressive symptom severity levels in the hospital were significantly related to BDI-II at 2-weeks, 6-weeks, and 3-months, and persistent opioid use, past 6-weeks, was independently associated with prolonged depressive symptomology as well. Further study into effective treatment and monitoring of mental health disturbances following trauma is needed, particularly in patients with continued need for and use of opioids after discharge.
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Int. J. Pediatr. Otorhinolaryngol. · Jul 2020
Parental assessment of pain control following pediatric adenotonsillectomy: Do opioids make a difference?
Postoperative prescribing of opioids following pediatric adenotonsillectomy can have negative consequences including unnecessary opioid exposure and potential for respiratory depression. While guidelines from The American Academy of Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery recommend treatment of post adenotonsillectomy pain using acetaminophen and ibuprofen, many providers continue to prescribe opioids and may do so, in part with concern for parental dissatisfaction with post-operative analgesia. Our aim was to determine whether a post-operative prescription for opioids affects parental assessment of pain control following pediatric adenotonsillectomy. ⋯ The results of this study indicate that non-opioid analgesic regimens following pediatric adenotonsillectomy were not associated with decreased parental satisfaction or an increasing assessment of poor or inadequately controlled pain. Limiting opioid exposure following pediatric adenotonsillectomy is feasible and does not result in worse parental satisfaction with the analgesic plan.