Patients on antidepressants during TJA may be more likely to be prescribed, abuse opioids

NEW ORLEANS — Patients undergoing primary total joint arthroplasty taking perioperative antidepressant medications may be more likely to be prescribed and to abuse opioids at both short- and long-term follow-up, according to results.“There are some populations that have higher susceptibility to become [opioid] abusers,” Alireza Mirahmadi, MD, MPH, postdoctoral fellow in