ArticleNicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco2026
Nicotine use is Associated With Elevated Risk of Opioid use Disorder Following Total/Hemi Hip Arthroplasty Procedures.
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- Prediction of opioid use disorder among patients with chronic non-cancer pain receiving long-term opioid therapy.Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) · 2026Article
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introductionOpioids are often necessary for pain control after surgery; however, it is challenging to predict the risk of developing opioid use disorder (OUD) after surgical interventions. Nicotine impacts opioid metabolism, which is associated with the risk of OUD. We aimed to determine whether perioperative nicotine use is associated with incident OUD following hip arthroplasties. AIMS AND
methodsWe performed a retrospective cohort study using a national de-identified database to identify subjects who underwent total/hemi hip arthroplasty in the United States from 2013 to 2018 and received postoperative opioid treatment within two weeks of the procedure. The matched cohorts consisted of nicotine-dependent (N = 10 464) versus non-nicotine-dependent individuals (N = 10 464). Subjects were matched on known confounders: age, sex, race, ethnicity, alcohol use disorder, sedative-hypnotic/anxiolytic disorders, congestive heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, depressive disorders, and anxiety disorders. We assessed for development of OUD, and though IVDU was not directly measured due to data limitations, we assessed for secondary outcomes of OUD associated with IVDU: human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), Hepatitis C Virus (HCV), and Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) at multiple timepoints (1 month, 3 months, 6 months, 1 year, 3 years) after surgery utilizing logistic regression analysis.
resultsNicotine dependence was associated with increased risk of developing OUD at 3 months postsurgery (OR = 2.36, p < .001) and thereafter (OR = 2.37-2.42, p < .001). Peri-operative nicotine dependence was also associated with HIV (OR = 1.26-1.92, p < .05) and HCV (OR = 1.47-1.60, p < .02) at all timepoints.
conclusionsConsidering nicotine use when determining OUD risk following total/hemi hip arthroplasty procedures is warranted. IMPLICATIONS: Orthopedic surgeons should monitor individuals who use nicotine products with vigilance for signs and symptoms of OUD postoperatively. The opioid risk tool should be evaluated to determine if the inclusion of nicotine products enhances the predictive model. Future research efforts may focus on the impact of presurgical smoking cessation on the development of OUD.
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