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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Surg. 2018 Jan 10;226(3):235–240.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2017.11.023

Table 2.

Opioid Usage Patterns by Study Group

Variable No Brochure (N=128, 48%)* Brochure (N=130, 52%)* p Value
Used entire opioid prescription, n (%) 35 (27) 40 (31) 0.55
Kept excess opioid medications, n (%) 70 (55) 56 (43) 0.06
Disposed of excess opioid medications, n (%) 14 (11) 28 (22) 0.02
*

Total patients in each group after excluding patients with preoperative opioid use.

Nine patients in the “No Brochure” group and six patients in the “Brochure” group declined to answer what they did with excess opioid medication.

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