National Trends in Orthopaedic Pain Management from 2016 to 2020.
Nicholas J PetermanKrishin ShivdasaniNicholas PaganiRacheal MannAnant NaikDevon PekasDaniel SunPublished in: The Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (2024)
On average, orthopaedic surgeons markedly decreased both the percentage of patients receiving opioids and the duration of prescription. Simultaneously, the fraction of patients receiving NSAIDs dramatically increased, without change in the average duration of prescription. Opioid hotspots were located in the West Coast, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, Idaho, the Northern Midwest, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine. Future directions could include similar examinations using non-Medicare databases.