Excessive Opioid Prescribing After Surgery - A Uniquely American Problem

Ann Surg. 2020 Dec;272(6):887-888. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000004392.

Authors

Ryan Howard^{1

2}, Jennifer F Waljee^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Michigan Opioid Prescribing and Engagement Network, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
² Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
³ Section of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

PMID: 33177414
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000004392

No abstract available

Publication types

Editorial
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Comment

MeSH terms

Analgesics, Opioid* / therapeutic use
Drug Prescriptions
Humans
Pain, Postoperative / drug therapy
Practice Patterns, Physicians'*
United States

Substances

Analgesics, Opioid

Grants and funding

R01 DA042859/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States