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Opioid Deprescribing in Emergency Medicine—A Tool in an Expanding Toolkit

Year: 2020

Type: article

Abstract: The opioid crisis has been a top public health priority for more than a decade.Although its latest evolution involves epidemic-level deaths from illicitly manufactured fentanyl and its analogues, the origin of the crisis can be definitively traced to the overprescribing of prescription opioids.Although

Source: JAMA Network Open

DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.1129

Authors: Lewis S. Nelson, Maryann Mazer-Amirshahi, Jeanmarie Perrone

Institutions: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Georgetown University, University of Pennsylvania

Language: English

Topic: Opioid Use Disorder Treatment

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $3,000