787 Addiction Medicine Consultation Reduces Narcotic Use and ER Visits and Increases Smoking Cessation in IBD Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study

INTRODUCTION: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients are chronically prescribed narcotics for chronic relapsing abdominal pain. We previously reported that emergency room (ER) visits in IBD patients increase the risk for chronic opioid use (COU - defined as 90 days of opioid use in a 6-month period) (Pauley et al Infl Bowel Dis 2017). Here we examine if referral to addiction medicine therapy reduces opioid prescriptions as well as ER visits....