Preventing Opioid Misuse Through Safe Opioid Use Agreements Between Patients and Surgical Providers

The effect of pain agreements to reduce opioid misuse is an accepted practice in many settings, but it has never been applied to the acute care setting. Pain agreements are considered the standard of care for chronic pain management reliant on opioid prescribing, and they are a mandated component of care in many states. Therefore, the adjunct of safe opioid use agreements into acute pain management offers a logical extension of current practices from chronic pain management. This study will test the use of agreements to improve safe opioid use to prevent misuse and opioid-related harm.