New legislation in New Jersey reduced opioid use among trauma patients

CONCLUSION: Overall, opioid consumption was lower in 2018 without negatively affecting the quality of pain management. This suggests that the implementation of the new legislation has successfully reduced inpatient opioid use.PMID:37270420 | DOI:10.5055/jom.2023.0767

Source: Journal of Opioid Management - June 3, 2023 Category: Addiction Authors: Renay Durling-Grover Louis T DiFazio John M Adams Karen Kong Sara S Soliman Daniel Hakakian Keren Kaynan Rolando H Rolandelli Zoltan H Nemeth Source Type: research