Association between the North Carolina Medical Board opioid guideline update and opioid prescriptions in Medicare Part D beneficiaries.

CONCLUSIONS: State opioid prescribing guidelines published in mid-2014 may have slowed the escalation of numbers of opioid prescriptions in NC. Future research should examine whether the guidelines were associated with changes in morphine equivalent dosing in NC during the same timeframe.
PMID: 30234920 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Journal of Opioid Management - September 22, 2018 Category: Addiction Tags: J Opioid Manag Source Type: research