Medication Use Evaluation of High-Dose Long-Term Opioid De-prescribing in Multiple Veterans Affairs Medical Centers.

Alexis K BarrettFriedhelm SandbrinkAram MardianElizabeth M OlivaVirginia TorriseRongping ZhangKenneth BukowskiMuriel BurkFrancesca E Cunningham

Published in: Journal of general internal medicine (2022)

Veterans discontinued from high-dose long-term opioids in FY17 were more optimally managed compared to those in FY13. Findings suggest improvements in opioid de-prescribing following OSI implementation, but interpretation is limited by study design.

Keyphrases

high dose
chronic pain
primary care
pain management
low dose
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