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Association of a Statewide Opioid Legislation with Opioid Prescribing Patterns in Facial Plastic and Reconstructive
Shannon F Rudy1, Shannon S Joseph2, Yanjun Xie1
1Division of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Abstract:
Background: The Michigan Opioid Laws are legislation enacted between 2017 and 2018 as a strategy to combat the growing opioid crisis. Objective: To compare opioid prescription rates and morphine milligram equivalents (MMEs) of opioid prescribed to patients undergoing various facial plastic and reconstructive surgery (FPRS) procedures before, during, and after legislation enactment. Materials and Methods: This is a cross-sectional retrospective review of subjects undergoing any of 10 FPRS procedures between July 2016 and November 2019 at a tertiary care hospital with analysis of demographic factors, opioid prescription rates, and MMEs over time. Results: Of 863 patients included, 107 and 575 patients were prescribed postoperative opioids before and after opiate legislation enactment, respectively, with no difference in baseline demographics between groups. Regression analysis showed no change in MME prescribing in the year before legislation (p = 0.70), followed by a decrease of 0.13 MME per day (p = 0.00), with a subsequent stabilization of MME at a reduced rate for the remainder of the study period (p = 0.74). Conclusion: Enactment of the Michigan Opioid Laws was temporally associated with a decrease in opioid prescriptions for common facial plastic surgery procedures.
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