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Optimal Initial Length of Opioid Prescription

    Basic Details
    Date Posted
    Status
    Complete
    Medical Product
    opioid analgesic
    Description

    This report contains estimates of adequate initial prescription durations for opioid analgesics following 17 surgical procedures in the Sentinel Distributed Database (SDD). Data from October 5, 2009 to October 5, 2014 from 15 Data Partners contributing to the SDD were included in this report. As of this posting, this preliminary analysis is currently undergoing refinement in a new request.