Initial and Long-Term Prescribing of Opioids and Non-steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs Following Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty.

Melissa R RiesterElliott BoscoFrancesca L BeaudoinStefan GravensteinAndrew J SchoenfeldVincent MorAndrew R Zullo

Published in: Geriatric orthopaedic surgery & rehabilitation (2024)

Orthopedic surgeon opioid prescribing measures and U.S. region were the greatest health system level predictors of initial, and long-term, prescribing of opioids and prescription NSAIDs among older Medicare beneficiaries following THA/TKA. These results can inform future studies that examine why variation in analgesic prescribing exists across geographic regions and levels of orthopedic surgeon opioid prescribing.

Keyphrases

primary care
anti inflammatory drugs
chronic pain
pain management
total hip
total knee arthroplasty
adverse drug
emergency department
current status
neuropathic pain
anti inflammatory