Opioid Use in Dermatology Medicare Patients
March 12, 2018Prescribing habits for opioids are under scrutiny due to the epidemic of opioid related misuse, overdoses, deaths, and hospital admissions in the U.S. Current knowledge of how dermatologists’ prescribing habits contribute to the epidemic is limited, but guidelines recommend oral opioids as second-line agents after surgical excisions and Mohs microsurgery (MMS). Additionally, the published studies …