Examining opioid prescribing after new Florida law

What The Study Did:

Researchers compared opioid prescribing at discharge from the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, across 25 procedures before and after a Florida law that mandated changes to opioid prescribing went into effect in 2018.

To access the embargoed study:

Visit our For The Media website at this link

https:/

/

media.

jamanetwork.

com/

Authors:

Steven B. Porter, M.D., of the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, is the corresponding author.

(doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2019.4913)

Editor’s Note:

The article includes conflict of interest and funding/support disclosures. Please see the article for additional information, including other authors, author contributions and affiliations, financial disclosures, funding and support, etc.

###

Media advisory:

The full study is are linked to this news release.

Embed this link to provide your readers free access to the full-text article

This link will be live at the embargo time

https:/

/

jamanetwork.

com/

journals/

jamasurgery/

fullarticle/

10.

1001/

jamasurg.

2019.

4913?guestAccessKey=

301774f5-cdbe-4fba-bd14-e8987bf5a945&utm_source=

For_The_Media&utm_medium=

referral&utm_campaign=

ftm_links&utm_content=

tfl&utm_term=

121119