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Prev Med. 2021 Nov 30;154:106898. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2021.106898. Epub 2021 Nov 30.

Preventing opioid use disorder and misuse in asymptomatic primary care patients: A call for relevant primary prevention intervention research.

Preventive medicine

Karina W Davidson, Carol M Mangione, Alex H Krist, Susan J Curry

Affiliations

  1. Institute for Health System Science, Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Northwell Health, 350 Community Dr., Manhasset, NY 11030, USA; Department of Medicine, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, 500 Hofstra Blvd., Hempstead, NY 11549, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].
  2. Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, University of California, 10833, Le Conte Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
  3. Department of Family Medicine and Population Health, Virginia Commonwealth University, One Capitol Square, 830 E. Main St., Richmond, VA 23219, USA.
  4. University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.

PMID: 34861337 DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2021.106898

Abstract

To contribute to the national effort to combat the opioid crisis, the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) commissioned a scoping review to describe the state of evidence for the primary prevention of opioid misuse or use disorder in persons not yet prescribed opioids or not yet misusing opioids. (Patnode et al., 2021) As found by the scoping review, sparse direct evidence focusing on primary care-relevant prevention interventions exists. The purpose of the current commentary is to describe the relevant research needed to effectively inform primary care providers and patients about how to reduce the risk for future opioid use disorder and opioid misuse and improve health outcomes in those not yet exposed to or misusing opioid medications.

Copyright © 2021 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Keywords: Opioid misuse; Opioid use disorder; Opioids; Prevention; United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)

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