Association Between Opioid Dosage Tapering and Opioid Overdose Among Long-Term Higher-Dose Opioid Users

Introduction: There has been a steady decline in the national opioid-dispensing rate in recent years. However, emerging evidence that suggests that abrupt discontinuation of opioids for pain may increase overdose risk. The authors examined associations between prescribed opioid tapering and short-te...

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Principais autores:	Hui Zhou, PhD, Katherine J. Pak, MS, Fagen Xie, PhD, Craig K. Chang, MD, Patricia L. Gray, PharmD, Deborah S. Ling-Grant, PhD, Joanna L. Barreras, PhD, MSW, Steven G. Steinberg, MD, Rulin C. Hechter, MD, PhD
Formato:	Artigo
Idioma:	Inglês
Publicado:	Elsevier 2025-12-01
Series:	AJPM Focus
Assuntos:	Opioid tapering overdose electronic health record
Acceso en liña:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2773065425000872
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