Table 2.
Postoperative opioid medications prescribed and consumed, and effectiveness of pain control (N=149)
| Variable | |
| Opioid medication type prescribed* | N (%) |
| Oxycodone | 128 (85.3) |
| Hydrocodone | 7 (4.7) |
| Hydromorphone | 5 (3.3) |
| Codeine | 3 (2.7) |
| No prescription | 8 (5.3) |
| Effectiveness of pain control, on scale of 0–10† | |
| Complete (10) | 48 (32.7) |
| High (7–9) | 53 (36.1) |
| Moderate (4–6) | 35 (23.8) |
| Low (1–3) | 7 (4.8) |
| Ineffective (0) | 4 (2.7) |
| Mean (SD)‡ | |
| Total MED prescribed | 241.8 (128.1) |
| Total MED consumed | |
| Total MED consumed§ | 104.2 (112.3) |
| Total MED unused¶ | 165.7 (111.8) |
| Total MED unused (%)¶ | 64.2 (40.0) |
*Accounts for multiple prescriptions (ie, does not sum to 100%).
†≤10% of data missing.
‡Total MED: dose per pill multiplied by total number of pills prescribed.
§Excludes participants with missing opioid consumption information.
¶Excludes participants with no leftover medications.
MED, morphine equivalent dose.