Most Commonly Prescribed injectable opioid for Inpatients

October 12, 2009 by tecorbo

Good morning, colleagues.
When it comes to intravenous opioids, hydromorphone is the most commonly prescribed at our health system. Reasons given for its rise in "popularity" vary depending on which disciplines are involved in the discussion. Morphine used to be the most commonly prescribed. The 'switch' occurred gradually over time.
Just curious --
1. Which injectable opioid is most commonly prescribed for inpatients at your institution? 2. When trending your adverse drug event (ADE) data, does that agent rank within the top 5 medications linked to ADEs?

Thanks in advance for sharing....
Terri

Terri Corbo, Pharm.D., BCPS, FASHP
Medication Safety Officer
Christiana Care Health System
Newark, DE

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