High-Dose Opioid Use Among Adolescents and Young Adults with Chronic Digestive Disorders
Nearly 12% of AYA with chronic digestive disorders who used opioids for ≥ 7 days received high-dose prescriptions. These findings underscore the need for safer prescribing guidelines tailored to this population. Future work should consider weight-based dosing thresholds and expanded datasets to monitor and reduce opioid-related harm in AYA with digestive disorders.
Authors
- Sishir Yarlagadda
- Lynn Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6317-6500)
- Salva Balbale (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4336-7489)
- Maria Younan
- Devyani Dharanipragada
- Megan A. Rech (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6542-518X)
- Deysi Paniagua-Perez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-5551-4561)
- Ali Arshad
- Mehul V. Raval
Institutions
- Northwestern University (US)
- Lurie Children's Hospital (US)
- Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital (US)
- Northwestern Medicine (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Digestive Diseases and Sciences
- Published
- 2026-03-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-026-09853-2
- Primary Topic
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00