Primary care physicians' perspectives on Veterans who obtain prescription opioids from multiple healthcare systems.

CONCLUSIONS: PCPs within the VA have varying perceptions of patients obtaining opioid medications from multiple healthcare systems, with pain complaints and opioid misuse as the primary themes. This knowledge about PCPs' perceptions can be incorporated into interventions to better manage pain and prescription opioid use by VA patients. PMID: 31343720 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Journal of Opioid Management - Category: Addiction Tags: J Opioid Manag Source Type: research