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At-Home Disposal Kits Increase Self-Disposal Rates of Opioids

Medical Professionals Reference

Providing surgery patients with an opioid disposal kit at the time of discharge increases their self-disposal rates, according to a short report published online Jan. 1 in BMJ Open Quality.

“Any time we can cut down the number of opioids that could potentially circulate or be misused, it’s a positive step,” co-corresponding author Anish Agarwal, MD, MPH, of the Center for Insights to Outcomes at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, said in a statement. “If you can make the right decision the easy one, you’re much more likely to get a positive outcome, and I think that’s what we saw here.”