'The results here are promising.' New guidelines on prescribing fewer opioids could have massive impact, a study finds.
Surgeons in Michigan are prescribing fewer opioid medications after operations, but here's the kicker: Their patients are not complaining.
"The results here are promising," said Dr. Joshua Sharfstein, co-author of"The Opioid Epidemic: What Everyone Needs To Know" and professor of practice at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health."Most [physicians] prescribe by routine, and changing those routines is hard. This shows that some changes are possible."
About 12,000 patients were tracked across 43 hospitals. When more than half of those patients were interviewed about their pain levels, most didn't report feeling an increase in them and were satisfied with their care.Opioid medications, which are highly addictive, are causing an epidemic in this country. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has determined that about 130 Americans die every day from overdosing on opioids.
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