US Trends in Long-Term Opioid Therapy

Key Points

• The research aims to assess national trends in the prevalence of long-term opioid therapy among patients in the US.
• Utilized data from a longitudinal prescription database
• Analyzed prescriptions from US retail pharmacies
• Examined characteristics of patients undergoing long-term opioid therapy
• Identified trends in the prevalence of long-term opioid therapy over time
• Highlighted variations in patient demographics using opioid prescriptions
• Noted changes in prescription patterns across different regions of the US

Abstract