Opioid Use After First Opioid Prescription in Children and Sickle Cell Disease

Opioid Use After First Opioid Prescription in Children and Sickle Cell Disease

Among children with sickle cell disease, there is no concerning pattern of long-term opioid use in the three years following their first opioid prescription for sickle cell disease-related pain, according to this study published in JAMA Pediatrics.

Proposed citation: Snyder, A.B., Zhou, M., Attell, B.K., Cohen, L.L., Carter, S., Bock, F., & Dampier, C. (2024). Opioid use after first opioid prescription in children with sickle cell disease. JAMA Pediatrics, doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2023.6500.