2019
DOI: 10.5863/1551-6776-24.1.72
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Opioid Use in Children

Abstract: Limited guidance on opioid use exists in the pediatric population, causing medication safety concerns for pain management in children and adolescents. Opioid misuse and use disorder continue to greatly affect adolescents and young adults in the United States, furthering the apprehension of their use. Pediatric Pharmacy Advocacy Group (PPAG) recommends pharmacists contribute their knowledge to pain management in children, including the discussion of appropriate use of non-opioid alternatives for pain and when t… Show more

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“…These findings are not surprising as nursing students in Ghana have limited care experiences with children with cancers and appear to harbour misconceptions on narcotics. Recent evidence however, points to a well-tolerated and effective opioid use among children in practice [34,35]. Compared with the nursing students, a greater proportion of the nurses acknowledged the importance of early pain treatment in children as advocated for by the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) as a fundamental human right [1].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…These findings are not surprising as nursing students in Ghana have limited care experiences with children with cancers and appear to harbour misconceptions on narcotics. Recent evidence however, points to a well-tolerated and effective opioid use among children in practice [34,35]. Compared with the nursing students, a greater proportion of the nurses acknowledged the importance of early pain treatment in children as advocated for by the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) as a fundamental human right [1].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…7 Long-term opioid therapy (receiving additional opioid prescriptions following the first index opioid prescription) has limited evidence to support such use for managing pain in adults, 8 and even less in youths. 9 Long-term opioid therapy, defined as greater than 90 days of opioid use, confers additional risks for opioid misuse 10 and an added risk of developing opioid use disorder (OUD), a clinical diagnosis defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (Fifth Edition) as a spectrum of problematic, compulsive use associated with increasingly negative consequences. 11 More than half of adults with a substance use disorder, including OUD, report that symptoms started before the age of 18, and the majority of individuals (80%) reported onset of symptoms by the age of 24 years.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The nation’s opioid epidemic and its associated dangers for the pediatric population have led state regulators and physicians to focus efforts on reducing opioid prescription 46–49 . In our study, the majority of pain was controlled with nonopioid analgesics in both TEES and non‐TEES patients.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 75%