The risk of serious opioid-related events associated with common opioid prescribing regimens in the postpartum period after cesarean delivery.

Wiese AD, Osmundson SS, Mitchel E, Adgent M, Phillips S, Patrick SW, Spieker AJ, Grijalva CG. The risk of serious opioid-related events associated with common opioid prescribing regimens in the postpartum period after cesarean delivery. American journal of obstetrics & gynecology MFM. 2021 Dec;3(3). 100475 p. PMID: 34455101 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC8599660 NIHMSID: NIHMS1747019.

Abstract

Opioid analgesics are commonly prescribed to women after cesarean delivery. There is a growing effort to prescribe opioids judiciously; however, the risk of serious opioid-related events associated with specific prescribing patterns after cesarean delivery remains unclear.