ArticleResearch in social & administrative pharmacy : RSAP2019
Patterns of opioid prescriptions received prior to unintentional prescription opioid overdose death among Veterans.
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- The effect of non-opioid multimodal analgesics and dexamethasone monotherapy on acute incisional pain behaviors in rats.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Medication Use Evaluation of High-Dose Long-Term Opioid De-prescribing in Multiple Veterans Affairs Medical Centers.Journal of general internal medicine · 2022Article
- Alcohol-involved overdose deaths in US veterans.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2022Article
- Racial/Ethnic Differences in the Medical Treatment of Opioid Use Disorders Within the VA Healthcare System Following Non-Fatal Opioid Overdose.Journal of general internal medicine · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundFew studies have assessed prescription opioid supply preceding death in individuals dying from unintentional prescription opioid overdoses, or described the characteristics of these individuals, particularly among Veterans.
objectivesTo describe the history of prescription opioid supply preceding prescription opioid overdose death among Veterans.
methodsIn a national cohort of Veterans who filled ≥1 opioid prescriptions from the Veterans Health Administration (VA) or Medicare Part D during 2008-2013, we identified deaths from unintentional or undetermined-intent prescription opioid overdoses in 2012-2013. We captured opioid prescriptions using both linked VA and Part D data, and VA data only.
resultsAmong 1181 decedents, 643 (54.4%) had prescription opioid supply on the day of death, and 735 (62.2%) within 30 days based on linked data, compared to 40.1% and 46.7%, respectively, using VA data alone. Decedents with prescription opioid supply were significantly older and less likely to have alcohol or illicit drugs as co-occurring substances involved in the overdose. Using linked data, 241 (20.4%) decedents lacked prescription opioid supply within a year of death.
conclusionsMany VA patients who die from prescription opioid overdose receive opioid prescriptions outside VA or not at all. It is important to supplement VA with non-VA data to more accurately measure prescription opioid exposure and improve opioid medication safety.
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