Single-center cross-sectional study of high opioid prescribing among U.S. veterans with peripheral arterial disease

Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is a painful medical condition that may be treated with opioids with or without surgery. Among patients who have surgery for PAD, there is evidence of opioid overprescribing as surveyed patients report only 30% of prescribed opioids being used.[1][1] U.S. veterans