Prevention of prescription opioid abuse

Denisco, Richard C.; Kenna, George A.; OʼNeil, Michael G.; Kulich, Ronald J.; Moore, Paul A.; Kane, William T.; Mehta, Noshir R.; Hersh, Elliot V.; Katz, Nathaniel

doi:10.14219/jada.archive.2011.0268

Cited by 109 publications

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“…Taking this into consideration, more should be done to prevent opioid abuse and dentists play an important role in this regard, helping to minimize opioid abuse by careful patient education and appropriate prescribing practice [26]. In mild to moderate acute dental pain, acetaminophen and NSAIDs are the most appropriate choices.…”

Section: Utilization Pattern Of Analgesic Usementioning

confidence: 99%

Analgesics Use in Dentistry

Krasniqi¹,

Daci²

2017

Pain Relief - From Analgesics to Alternative Therapies

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Pain is a protective warning sign activated by tissue damage during different pathological processes. The clinical manifestation of pain is individual, multifactorial and very complex and requires the implementation of sound pharmacological approaches. The treatment of odontogenic pain is focused not only in the relief of pain but also in the suppression of causes of pain, mainly the inflammation. Acting as inhibitors of pain mechanism, analgesics are used for symptomatic treatment of pain. There are several groups of analgesic drugs used in dentistry practice and most frequent are nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and aniline analgesics. The contemporary strategies for the treatment of odontogenic pain are focused in analgesic drug combinations, which are more effective and have a better safety profile. Ibuprofen and acetaminophen agents are considered gold standard of dental analgesia for mild to moderate intensity of pain, while in moderate to severe pain the use of individual opioid analgesics or combination of opioid and nonopioid analgesics is recommended. The treatment of pain in children and elderly patients is associated with some limitations accompanied with safety concerns and dose reduction. Treatment of pain in dentistry is focused in achieving the satisfactory level of analgesia at low doses possible.

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Section: Utilization Pattern Of Analgesic Usementioning

confidence: 99%

Analgesics Use in Dentistry

Krasniqi¹,

Daci²

2017

Pain Relief - From Analgesics to Alternative Therapies

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“…Similarly, although they believe that alcohol-related advice is beneficial, dental practitioners lack confidence in delivering appropriate interventions and find it difficult and embarrassing to discuss drinking with their patients [13]. With regard to other drug use, there is a growing problem with pain medication misuse, abuse and dependence, particularly opioid analgesic drugs, a large proportion of which are prescribed by dentists [14].…”

Section: Screening and Brief Intervention (Sbi) For Psychoactive Subsmentioning

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Open wide! Dental settings are an untapped resource for substance misuse screening and brief intervention

McRee

2012

Addiction

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“…Opioids are commonly prescribed for dental pain in both emergency departments (12)(13)(14) and dental clinics (15,16). Dental clinics have been identified as an important setting to address public health concerns related to nonmedical prescription pain medication use because dental providers prescribe a sizable minority of all opioid prescriptions written (15).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Dental clinics have been identified as an important setting to address public health concerns related to nonmedical prescription pain medication use because dental providers prescribe a sizable minority of all opioid prescriptions written (15). National data from 2009 estimate that dentists wrote 6.4 million opioid prescriptions, or 8% of all opioid prescriptions written in that year (16).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%