High-risk opioid prescribing trends in the outpatient setting prior to issuance of federal guidance
Co-prescription of opioid and benzodiazepine products increases the risk of overdose-related mortality four-fold due to respiratory depression. Accordingly, prevention of high-risk opioid prescribing (HROP) has become a focus over the past two decades and was the subject of a black-box warning (BBW)...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2019-09-01
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Series: | Preventive Medicine Reports |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211335519300713 |