Preliminary data from a quality improvement project performed in our department found that most women are prescribed opioids after discharge that were significantly in excess of the actual opioids used. However there is a subset of women (\~25%) who use all opioids and complain that they were not prescribed enough. The only variable predictive of post- discharge opioid use was Inpatient opioid use. These data were used to develop a formula for estimating outpatient use based on inpatient use. Currently there are no guidelines for outpatient prescribing either at our institution or on a national level. On average, most patients at our institution received 30 tablets of 5mg oxycodone at discharge. In surveying providers, very few looked at inpatient use and most had a standard prescription that they gave everyone.
