Thread by @PainPtFightBack

I can’t remember who asked for this, but I found my pdf of the abstract w/ notes on it that you had wanted for:
“Assoc of Opioid Prescribing Patterns w/ Rx Opioid OD in Adolescents and Young Adults.”

Abstract w/ notes:
drive.google.com/file/d/1NfZAOq…

Study:
jamanetwork.com/journals/jamap…

This is from last year so not new but still good to bookmark.
Of 2,752,612 pts ages 12-21 who weren’t being treated for cancer & filed at least 1 opioid Rx from 7/1/2009 to 10/1/2017, there were:

-4,686,355 ins claims for opioid meds (aka prescriptions)

-Of these 21,605,444 person-days, OD’s occurred on 255
person-days.
-249 patients experienced OD’s so a few individuals OD’d
more than once.

Bottom line:

-0.01% of the 21,605,444 pts in the sample experienced
overdose event (aka one hundredth of 1%)
-One hundredth of 0.01% translates to 1 overdose for every
10,000 patients ages 12 to 21 who filled at least one
prescription for an opioid.

Bottom line cont’d:

-Despite the incidence of OD being small overall,
the authors caution that higher opioid doses, ER opioids,
simultaneously prescribed benzodiazepines result in a
greater risk of OD

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