Discontinuation and tapering of prescribed opioids and risk of overdose among people on long-term opioid therapy for pain with and without opioid use disorder in British Columbia, Canada: A retrospective cohort study

BACKGROUND: The overdose crisis in North America has prompted system-level efforts to restrict opioid prescribing for chronic pain. However, little is known about how discontinuing or tapering prescribed opioids for chronic pain shapes overdose risk, including possible differential effects among peo...

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Autores principales: Kennedy, Mary Clare, Crabtree, Alexis, Nolan, Seonaid, Mok, Wing Yin, Cui, Zishan, Chong, Mei, Slaunwhite, Amanda, Ti, Lianping
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2022
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9714711/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36454732
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004123

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9714711/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36454732
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004123

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