Opioid Use After First Opioid Prescription in Children With Sickle Cell Disease

Angela B Snyder; Mei Zhou; Brandon K Attell; Lindsey L Cohen; Sierra Carter; Fiona Bock; Carlton Dampier

doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2023.6500

Opioid Use After First Opioid Prescription in Children With Sickle Cell Disease

JAMA Pediatr. 2024 Apr 1;178(4):408-410. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2023.6500.

Authors

Angela B Snyder¹, Mei Zhou¹, Brandon K Attell¹, Lindsey L Cohen², Sierra Carter², Fiona Bock¹, Carlton Dampier³

Affiliations

¹ Georgia Health Policy Center, Georgia State University, Atlanta.
² Psychology Department, Georgia State University, Atlanta.
³ Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine and Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia.

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This cohort study assesses the level of opioid use, number of vaso-occlusive crises, and days’ supply of opioids among opioid-naive pediatric patients.

MeSH terms

Analgesics, Opioid / therapeutic use
Anemia, Sickle Cell* / complications
Anemia, Sickle Cell* / drug therapy
Child
Humans
Opioid-Related Disorders* / drug therapy
Pain / drug therapy
Prescriptions

Substances

Analgesics, Opioid