Controlled Substance Agreements for Opioids in a Primary Care Practice

Abstract Background Opioids are widely prescribed for chronic non cancer pain (CNCP). Controlled substance agreements (CSAs) are intended to increase adherence and mitigate risk with opioid prescribing. We evaluated the demographic characteristics of and opioid dosing for patients with CNCP enrol...

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Main Authors: Lindsey M. Philpot, Priya Ramar, Muhamad Y. Elrashidi, Raphael Mwangi, Frederick North, Jon O. Ebbert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-09-01
Series:Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40545-017-0119-5