Limiting the duration of opioid prescriptions balancing excessive prescribing and the effective treatment of pain

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 176, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 583-584

  Bateman, Brian T ^a   Choudhry, Niteeshk ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NALOXONE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

BURN; CANCER PAIN; CHRONIC PAIN; DRUG INTOXICATION; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; MINOR SURGERY; NOTE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; MALE; PAIN;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS';

EID: 84984892492     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.0544     Document Type: Note

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