Medication violations and discontinuation of opioid therapy in a pediatric chronic pain clinic.
Introduction To better define the warning signs for possible opioid misuse or abuse that could be incorporated as a work flow screening process, we retrospectively reviewed cases where opioid therapy was discontinued due to suspected opioid misuse, abuse, and diversion in patients seen by the chron...
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| author | E. Cappuccio D. Tumin S. Wrona T. Smith G. Veneziano T. Bhalla J. D. Tobias |
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To better define the warning signs for possible opioid misuse or abuse that could be incorporated as a work flow screening process, we retrospectively reviewed cases where opioid therapy was discontinued due to suspected opioid misuse, abuse, and diversion in patients seen by the chronic pain service.
Materials and methods
After Institutional Review Board approval, a retrospec- tive chart review was conducted to identify patients who were seen in the Comprehensive Pain Clinic at Nation- wide Children's Hospital and had opioid therapy discon- tinued during the years 2015-2016 for reasons involving suspected or confirmed opioid misuse. Medical records were reviewed from the time of chronic pain service in- take until the time opioid therapy was discontinued.
Minor violations (e.g., request for early refills, missing or canceling appointments) and major violations (e.g. nega- tive urine drug screen [UDS] for opioids) were identified. Results
The pain clinic team identified 8 patients (2 male/6 fe- male, ages 13-23 years) whose opioid discontinuation was related to documented or suspected opioid misuse. Only 2 patients had opioid misuse explicitly documented as the reason for opioid therapy discontinuation. Five of the 8 patients had minor violations documented, while 3 had major violations. Only 2 patients had repeated medi- cation violations noted, although both patients continued opioid therapy for >1 year after multiple violations be- came apparent.
Discussion and Conclusion
While missing or canceling 2 or more appointments was the most commonly documented violation, a discrepancyon a UDS was the reason documented for discontinuation of opioid therapy in both patients overtly involved in opi- oid misuse. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a9dfcb97257042919eb7ea85540ee2ce2023-03-06T19:47:02ZengPediatric Anesthesia and Critical Care JournalPediatric Anesthesia and Critical Care Journal (PACCJ)2281-84212020-01-01811510.14587/paccj.2020.1Medication violations and discontinuation of opioid therapy in a pediatric chronic pain clinic.E. Cappuccio0D. Tumin1S. Wrona2T. Smith3G. Veneziano4T. Bhalla5J. D. Tobias6Department of Anesthesiology and Medicine, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH, USADepartment of Anesthesiology and Medicine, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH, USADepartment of Anesthesiology and Medicine, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH, USADepartment of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, USADepartment of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, USADepartment of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, USADepartment of Anesthesiology and Medicine, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA;Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, USAIntroduction To better define the warning signs for possible opioid misuse or abuse that could be incorporated as a work flow screening process, we retrospectively reviewed cases where opioid therapy was discontinued due to suspected opioid misuse, abuse, and diversion in patients seen by the chronic pain service. Materials and methods After Institutional Review Board approval, a retrospec- tive chart review was conducted to identify patients who were seen in the Comprehensive Pain Clinic at Nation- wide Children's Hospital and had opioid therapy discon- tinued during the years 2015-2016 for reasons involving suspected or confirmed opioid misuse. Medical records were reviewed from the time of chronic pain service in- take until the time opioid therapy was discontinued. Minor violations (e.g., request for early refills, missing or canceling appointments) and major violations (e.g. nega- tive urine drug screen [UDS] for opioids) were identified. Results The pain clinic team identified 8 patients (2 male/6 fe- male, ages 13-23 years) whose opioid discontinuation was related to documented or suspected opioid misuse. Only 2 patients had opioid misuse explicitly documented as the reason for opioid therapy discontinuation. Five of the 8 patients had minor violations documented, while 3 had major violations. Only 2 patients had repeated medi- cation violations noted, although both patients continued opioid therapy for >1 year after multiple violations be- came apparent. Discussion and Conclusion While missing or canceling 2 or more appointments was the most commonly documented violation, a discrepancyon a UDS was the reason documented for discontinuation of opioid therapy in both patients overtly involved in opi- oid misuse.http://www.anestesiarianimazione.com/PACCJ%202020/Medication%20violations%20and%20discontinuation%20of%20opioid%20therapy%20in%20a%20pediatric%20chronic%20pain%20clinic.pdfopioids; opioid diversion; urine drug screen |
| spellingShingle | E. Cappuccio D. Tumin S. Wrona T. Smith G. Veneziano T. Bhalla J. D. Tobias Medication violations and discontinuation of opioid therapy in a pediatric chronic pain clinic. Pediatric Anesthesia and Critical Care Journal (PACCJ) opioids; opioid diversion; urine drug screen |
| title | Medication violations and discontinuation of opioid therapy in a pediatric chronic pain clinic. |
| title_full | Medication violations and discontinuation of opioid therapy in a pediatric chronic pain clinic. |
| title_fullStr | Medication violations and discontinuation of opioid therapy in a pediatric chronic pain clinic. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Medication violations and discontinuation of opioid therapy in a pediatric chronic pain clinic. |
| title_short | Medication violations and discontinuation of opioid therapy in a pediatric chronic pain clinic. |
| title_sort | medication violations and discontinuation of opioid therapy in a pediatric chronic pain clinic |
| topic | opioids; opioid diversion; urine drug screen |
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