Persistent Opioid Use May Be a Failure of Pain Management Rather Than Prescribing-Reply

Chase R Brown^{1

2}, Peter Groeneveld^{2

3}, Nimesh Desai^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
² Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
³ Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Comment

Chase R Brown et al. JAMA Cardiol. 2021.

. 2021 May 1;6(5):602-603.

doi: 10.1001/jamacardio.2020.6835.

Chase R Brown^{1

2}, Peter Groeneveld^{2

3}, Nimesh Desai^{1

2}

¹ Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
² Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
³ Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

No abstract available

Comment on

Development of Persistent Opioid Use After Cardiac Surgery.
Brown CR, Chen Z, Khurshan F, Groeneveld PW, Desai ND. Brown CR, et al. JAMA Cardiol. 2020 Aug 1;5(8):889-896. doi: 10.1001/jamacardio.2020.1445. JAMA Cardiol. 2020. PMID: 32584934 Free PMC article.
Persistent Opioid Use May Be a Failure of Pain Management Rather Than Prescribing.
Flores R Jr, Weyand A. Flores R Jr, et al. JAMA Cardiol. 2021 May 1;6(5):602. doi: 10.1001/jamacardio.2020.6824. JAMA Cardiol. 2021. PMID: 33404612 No abstract available.