Patient-Centered Prescription Opioid Tapering in Community Outpatients With Chronic Pain

JAMA Intern Med. 2018 May 1;178(5):707-708. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.8709.

Abstract

This education intervention study reports on voluntary, patient-centered opioid tapering in outpatients with chronic pain without behavioral treatment.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Analgesics, Opioid / administration & dosage*
  • Chronic Pain / drug therapy*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Opioid-Related Disorders / prevention & control*
  • Outpatients*
  • Patient-Centered Care / organization & administration*
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Analgesics, Opioid