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The overdose statistics are the reason Harris is so involved in the mission to fight opioid addiction
When they are prescribed for acute pain, it should be for short-term use.
“This is a really important issue,” Wolf said Thursday at a news conference at UPMC Montefiore, spelling out the Pennsylvania Orthopedic Society’s guidelines for opioid prescriptions.
“It’s vital to distinguish between chronic and acute pain,” said Patrick Smith, a spine surgeon at UPMC Margaret and president of the Pennsylvania Orthopedic Society.
The more judicious approach to prescribing painkillers is viewed as the first step in helping decrease the escalating death and abuse statistics from opioid addiction.
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The overdose statistics are the reason Harris is so involved in the mission to fight opioid addiction
The odds of long-term opioid use increased most sharply in the first days of therapy, particularly after five days of taking the drugs.
The rate of long-term opioid use increased to about 13 percent for patients who first took the drugs for eight days or more, according to the report.
Given the dangers of opioids, doctors should first think about using non-narcotic pain medications, he suggested.
Among patients without cancer, a single day’s supply of a narcotic painkiller can result in 6 percent of patients being on an opioid a year later, the researchers said.
Doctors who limit the supply of opioids they prescribe to three days or less may help patients avoid the dangers of dependence and addiction, a new study suggests.
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