TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - Changes in opioid prescription duration for musculoskeletal injury associated with the STOP Act
JO  - Pain medicine
A1  - Wally, Meghan K.
A1  - Thompson, Michael E.
A1  - Odum, Susan
A1  - Kazemi, Donna M.
A1  - Hsu, Joseph R.
A1  - Seymour, Rachel B.
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - OBJECTIVES: To assess whether implementation of the Strengthen Opioid Misuse Prevention (STOP) Act was associated with an increase in the percent of opioid prescriptions written for 7 days or less among patients with acute or post-surgical musculoskeletal conditions. <br><br>DESIGN: An interrupted time series study was conducted to determine the change in duration of opioid prescriptions associated with the STOP Act. SETTING: Data were extracted from the electronic health record of a large healthcare system in North Carolina. SUBJECTS: Patients presenting from 2016-2020 with an acute musculoskeletal injury and the clinicians treating them were included in an interrupted time series study (n = 12,839). <br><br>METHODS: Trends were assessed over time, including the change in trend associated with implementation of the STOP Act, for the percentage of prescriptions written for seven days or less. <br><br>RESULTS: Among patients with acute musculoskeletal injury, less than 30% of prescriptions were written for 7 days or less in January of 2016; by December of 2020, almost 90% of prescriptions were written for 7 days or less. Prescriptions written for ≤ 7 days increased 17.7% after STOP Act was implemented (p < 0.001), after adjusting for the existing trend. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: These results demonstrate significant potential for legislation to influence opioid prescribing behavior.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1526-2375
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/pm/pnad036
ID  - ref1
ER  -