Mandatory use of prescription drug monitoring programs. [PDF]
JAMA, 2015 The United States is in the midst of a prescription opioid overdose and abuse epidemic. The rate of fatal prescription drug overdoses involving opioids almost quadrupled from 1.4 deaths/100 000 people in 1999 to 5.4 deaths/100 000 people in 2011.1 The rate of emergency department visits involving prescription drug misuse–primarily of opioid, anti ...
Haffajee RL, Jena AB, Weiner SG.
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Prescription drug monitoring programs and drug overdose deaths involving benzodiazepines and prescription opioids. [PDF]
Drug Alcohol Rev, 2019 AbstractBackground and AimsIn the US, benzodiazepine overdose deaths increased at an alarming rate in the past two decades. Benzodiazepines were also the most common drugs involved in prescription opioid overdose deaths. Benzodiazepine prescribing has been monitored by Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs), but little was known about whether ...
Liang D, Shi Y.
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Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs: Examining Limitations and Future Approaches [PDF]
Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2015 Prescription drug abuse is a leading cause of accidental death in the United States. Prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) are a popular initiative among policy makers and a key tool to combat the prescription drug epidemic.
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Prescription drug monitoring programs use mandates and prescription stimulant and depressant quantities [PDF]
BMC Public Health, 2023 Background While the mandate to check patients’ prescription history in Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) database before prescribing/dispensing controlled drugs has been shown to be an important tool to curb opioid abuse, less is known about ...
Christian Gunadi, Yuyan Shi
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Identifying Prescription-Opioid-Related Risks Using Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs’ Algorithms and Clinical Screening Tools [PDF]
Pharmacy, 2023 Background: Pharmacists adopt various approaches to identifying prescription-opioid-related risks and harms, including prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) and clinical screening tools.
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The Ethics of Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs
Voices in Bioethics, 2023 Photo by 40492788 © Juan Moyano | Dreamstime.com INTRODUCTION Ever received a prescription for Xanax? You can bet that there was a record of it made in a digital database.
Ryan Ravanpak
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Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs. [PDF]
Hosp Pharm, 2015 According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than 36,000 individuals were victims of a fatal drug overdose in 2008.1 The majority of these deaths were related to prescription drug abuse, most frequently opioid analgesics.
Gabay M.
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Effects of Implementation and Enforcement Differences in Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs in 3 States: Connecticut, Kentucky, and Wisconsin [PDF]
Substance Abuse: Research and Treatment, 2021 Background and aims: Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs) were designed to curb opioid misuse and diversion by tracking scheduled medications prescribed by medical providers and dispensed by pharmacies.
Julia Dickson-Gomez +7 more
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The effectiveness of prescription drug monitoring programs at reducing opioid-related harms and consequences: a systematic review [PDF]
BMC Health Services Research, 2019 Background In order to address the opioid crisis in North America, many regions have adopted preventative strategies, such as prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs). PDMPs aim to increase patient safety by certifying that opioids are prescribed in
Emily Rhodes +4 more
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Prescription drug monitoring programs and prescription pain medication misuse among U.S. high school students—2019 [PDF]
BMC Public HealthBackground Prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) are state-level databases that track and inform prescribing practices to reduce prescription drug diversion and misuse.
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