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Prescription Opioids & Substance Use Disorder

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Implementation of an Opioid Medication Care Plan to Reduce Fall Injuries Among Rural Older Adults

Carrie Casteel

PI: Carri Casteel
University of Iowa College of Public Health
Department of Occupational & Environmental Health

Interventions targeting deprescribing of prescription opioids and other fall-risk increasing drugs can reduce falls and fall-related injuries. However, reaching high-risk older adults, including those living in rural communities, with falls prevention programs can be challenging. The long-term goal of the proposed study is to develop a sustainable program for healthcare systems to reduce fatal and nonfatal falls among high-risk older adults living independently in their communities. The objective of the proposed study is to examine how a medication care plan, grounded in established medication deprescribing and tapering frameworks, can be implemented in primary care clinics to reduce prescription opioid use among older adults living in rural Iowa communities. Aim 1: Examine implementation of a clinic-based, individualized opioid medication care plan for patient adherence to opioid deprescribing recommendations. Aim 2: Identify patient factors associated with patient adherence to opioid medication deprescribing recommendations. Aim 3: Describe the acceptability, usability and relevance of an opioid medication care plan among healthcare system administrators, providers (health coach, pharmacists, prescribers) and patients.

Multi-scale 3D Printing of Transdermal Naltrexone Microneedles for Prevention of Injury Associated with Alcohol Abuse

PI: Xuan Song, PhD
University of Iowa, College of Engineering
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

Funding source: UI IPRC

 

OTHER ACTIVITIES: The UI IPRC has worked with a network of CDC-funded injury centers to address the opioid epidemic, has evaluated the effectiveness of Iowa’s Prescription Monitoring Program in modifying opioid pain reliever prescribing practices, and has examined how medical conditions and corresponding prescribing patterns are related to future opioid abuse and overdose among those who receive opioid prescriptions.  Read more about UI IPRC’s opioid work.

See blog post: New report: 5 recommendations to reduce overdose deaths in Iowa

See blog post: U.S. injury centers fight opioid epidemic.

Report: The Prescription Opioid Crisis: Policy and Program Recommendations to Reduce Opioid Overdose and Deaths in Iowa

 

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