2/6: In an 11-year period, nearly 15% of ER visits and 2.8% of outpatient clinic visits resulted in an opioid prescription for 13-22 year olds. #optoutofopioids
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1/6: This #SundaySpotlight I'm shinning a light on this @usnews article that discusses the alarming rates of opioid prescriptions for teens and young adults. Read the article here:http://www.usnews.com/news/healthiest-communities/articles/2019-05-28/teens-young-adults-still-prescribed-opioids-at-high-rates …
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3/6: According to studies, dental visits most commonly resulted in an opioid prescription, at 59.7% for this susceptible age group!
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4/6: I just came from
@meetMSDA Symposium w/ dental leaders where we discussed the importance of prescribing practices for opioids. Dentists are the leading source of opioid prescriptions for children and adolescents.#optoutofopioids#msdasymposium2019Show this thread -
5/6: Our young adults and adolescents are a very susceptible age group at high risk for opioid misuse and abuse after exposure during medical treatment if prescribed.
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6/6: My Surgeon General’s Report on Oral Health will highlight and uplift prescribing changes that are helping to curb the opioid epidemic.
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A lot has changed since 2015! My mom with stage IV bone cancer couldn’t get pain medication in November 2018!
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The health crisis facing those with painful rare diseases and medical conditions & are unable to get pain treatment is just as if not more important than addiction, we did not choose to become diseased, we are dying from undertreatment of pain, prescribing down yet overdoses r up
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Shine a light on the inhumane curtailment of pain meds for those with incurable, chronic pain conditions HUMAN BEINGS ARE NOT JUST STATISTICS!
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Shine a light on the inhumane curtailment of pain meds for those with incurable, chronic pain conditions
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Yes and yes!!!!
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