With Fewer Opioids Being Prescribed in the ED, Will Urgent Care See More Drug Seekers?

With Fewer Opioids Being Prescribed in the ED, Will Urgent Care See More Drug Seekers?

Recommendations to carefully consider which patients truly need opioid pain medications are having their intended effect in emergency rooms across the U.S. According to new data just released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a downward trend in patients receiving a prescription for opioids when they check out of the ED is ongoing. (In the period of 2010–2011, 21.5%  of patients left the ED with a prescription for opioids; in the 2016–2017 study …

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