Table 2. Frequency and quantity (numbers of pills) of pain medication prescriptions for dental emergency patients before and after implementation of the mandatory PDMP.
| Pre-iSTOP | Post-iSTOP-1 | Post-iSTOP-2 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| prescriptions | pills | prescriptions | Pills | prescriptions | pills | ||
| Opioids | Hydrocodone | 378 | 4145 | 163 | 1393 | 106 | 827 |
| Codeine | 51 | 650 | 24 | 222 | 30 | 251 | |
| Oxycodone | 23 | 301 | 3 | 24 | 4 | 42 | |
| Subtotal | 452 | 5096 | 190 | 1639 | 140 | 1120 | |
| Non-opioids | Ibuprofen | 1000 | 22257 | 1051 | 23600 | 1198 | 25846 |
| Acetaminophen | 23 | 467 | 107 | 1645 | 119 | 1992 | |
| Subtotal | 1023 | 22724 | 1158 | 25245 | 1317 | 27838 | |
| Total | 1475 | 27820 | 1348 | 26884 | 1457 | 28959 | |