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The Association Between Preoperative Opioid Exposure and Prolonged Postoperative Use

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ANNALS OF SURGERY
Volume 274, Issue 5, Pages E410-E416

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LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000003723

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chronic; intermittent; intermittent use; opioid; opioids; perioperative; surgery

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The study showed that patients with nonchronic, periodic preoperative opioid use are more likely to have prolonged postoperative opioid use. Identifying opioid use before surgery presents a critical opportunity to optimize care after surgery.
Objective: To determine the effect of nonchronic, periodic preoperative opioid use on prolonged opioid fills after surgery. Background: Nonchronic, periodic opioid use is common, but its effect on prolonged postoperative opioid fills is not well understood. We hypothesize greater periodic opioid use before surgery is correlated with persistent postoperative use. Methods: We used a national private insurance claims database, Optum's de-identifed Clinformatics Data Mart Database, to identify adults undergoing general, gynecologic, and urologic surgical procedures between 2008 and 2015 (N = 191,043). We described patterns of opioid fills based on dose, recency, duration, and continuity to categorize preoperative opioid exposure. Patients with chronic use were excluded. Our primary outcome was persistent postoperative use, defined as filling an opioid prescription between 91- and 180-days post-discharge. The association between preoperative opioid use and persistent use was determined using multivariable logistic regression, controlling for clinical covariates. Results: In the year before surgery, 41% of patients had nonchronic, periodic opioid fills. Compared with other risk factors, patterns of preoperative fills were most strongly correlated with persistent postoperative opioid use. Patients with recent intermittent use were significantly more likely to have prolonged fills after surgery compared with opioid-naive patients [minimal use: odds ratio (OR): 2.0, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.89-2.03; remote intermittent: OR 4.7, 95% CI 4.46-4.93; recent intermittent: OR 12.2, 95% CI 11.49-12.90]. Conclusions: Patients with nonchronic, periodic opioid use before surgery are vulnerable to persistent postoperative opioid use. Identifying opioid use before surgery is a critical opportunity to optimize care after surgery.

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