Patients with glenohumeral arthritis are more likely to be prescribed opioids in the emergency department or urgent care setting

CONCLUSION: Despite evidence against routine opioid use for osteoarthritis, one-third of patients with a primary diagnosis of glenohumeral osteoarthritis received an opioid prescription. Of those who received a prescription, over one-third had a risk factor for opioid misuse. An electronic clinic decision support tool influenced the prescription in less than 10 percent of encounters.PMID:38189191 | DOI:10.5055/jom.0834

Source: Journal of Opioid Management - January 8, 2024 Category: Addiction Authors: Jacob Gorbaty Meghan K Wally Susan Odum Ziqing Yu Nady Hamid Joseph R Hsu Michael Beuhler Michael Bosse Michael Gibbs Christopher Griggs Steven Jarrett Madhav Karunakar Laurence Kempton Daniel Leas Kevin Phelps Tamar Roomian Michael Runyon Animita Saha St Source Type: research