HealthDay News — Children often fill outpatient opioid prescriptions, with the most common indication for dental procedures, according to a study published online July 16 in Pediatrics.
Cecilia P. Chung, M.D., M.P.H., from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn., and colleagues conducted a retrospective cohort study involving Tennessee Medicaid children and adolescents aged 2 to 17 years. The annual prevalence of outpatient opioid prescriptions and incidence of opioid-related adverse events was estimated.