WCRI: Opioid Prescribing Rate Higher for Fractures, Carpal Tunnel

Injured workers who are younger than 25 are less likely than their older counterparts to receive an opioid prescription or to take opioids on a long-term basis, according to a new report from the Workers Compensation Research Institute. The type of injury also made a difference when it came to whether a worker received an opioid prescription. A higher proportion of workers who sustained fractures or had carpal tunnel syndrome or neurologic spine pain received at least one opioid prescription for pain relief, according to the report from WCRI researchers Vennela Thumula and Te-Chun Liu. ...