Opioid Prescription Patterns After Rhinoplasty

To the Editor We read with great interest the study by Sethi et al on Opioid Prescription Patterns After Rhinoplasty. The authors ’ scientific methodology was creative and insightful. As you know, we published a similarly titled study in November of 2017. To our knowledge, this was the first study in our field to discuss the impact of opioids and scientifically suggest a methodology for altering prescribing patterns. The stu dy by Sethi et al is remarkable in that it used a public resource available to physicians in almost every state: prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs). While noting that the overall refill rate is lower than a physician would expect is important, we feel the cornerstone of our role in the ep idemic lies in 3 separate realizations.
Source: JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery - Category: Cosmetic Surgery Source Type: research