Opioid prescriptions in the emergency department linked to small increases in hospital admission and subsequent opioid prescription use
This trend may be driven by increases in heroin and synthetic opioids coinvolvement
Higher levels of smoking also tied to pain-related work limitations and worse self-reported health, mental health
Significant increase seen in prepandemic EMS encounters, followed by immediate, significant increase with pandemic interruption
Proportion of telehealth prescriptions climbed across medications
Clinicians and policymakers need a more accurate estimate of the prevalence of problematic opioid use, authors say
CYP2D6-inhibiting antidepressants linked to worse outcomes than CYP2D6-neutral antidepressants when used with CYP2D6-metabolizing opioids