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Abrupt Discontinuation of Long-term Opioid Therapy Among Medicare Beneficiaries, 2012–2017

BACKGROUND: With mounting pressure to reduce opioid use, concerns exist about abrupt withdrawal of treatment for the millions of Americans using long-term opioid therapy (LTOT). However, little is known about how patients are tapered from LTOT nationally. OBJECTIVE: Measure national patterns of LTOT...

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Published in:J Gen Intern Med
Main Authors: Neprash, Hannah T., Gaye, Marema, Barnett, Michael L.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Springer International Publishing 2021
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8175547/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33515197
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11606-020-06402-z
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