Impact of opioid risk reduction initiatives assessed

Friday, January 29, 2016 - 14:11 in Health & Medicine

New research on opioid prescribing in Washington State reports that a health plan initiative to change shared expectations of physicians regarding clinically appropriate drug levels for long-term management of chronic pain achieved significantly greater reductions in opioid dosing.

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