27. The First Opioid Prescription

Addiction Medicine Journal Club

In episode 27 we discuss an article about the risk of developing opioid use disorder after the first opioid prescription.

Kendler, K., Lönn, S., Ektor-Andersen, J., Sundquist, J., & Sundquist, K. (2022). Risk factors for the development of opioid use disorder after first opioid prescription: A Swedish national study. Psychological Medicine, 1-9.

From JAMA: Physicians’ actions to help end the nation’s drug-related overdose and death epidemic—and what still needs to be done.

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Episode 27 Credits:

Original theme music: composed and performed by Benjamin Kennedy

Audio production: Erin McCue

Executive Producer: Dr. Patrick Beeman

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