Opioid and non-opioid utilization at home following gastrointestinal procedures: a prospective cohort study

Background Overprescribing of opioid medications for patients to be used at home after surgery is common. We sought to ascertain important patient and procedural characteristics that are associated with low versus high rates of self-reported utilization of opioids at home, 1–4 weeks after discharge following gastrointestinal surgery.