Effects of Opioid Prescribing Cap Laws on Opioid and Other Pain Treatments Among Persons with Chronic Pain.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many states have adopted laws that limit the amount or duration of opioid prescriptions. These limits often focus on prescriptions for acute pain, but there may be unintended consequences for those diagnosed with chronic pain, including reduced opioid prescribing without substitution of appropriate non-opioid treatments.

Objective

To evaluate the effects of state opioid prescribing cap laws on opioid and non-opioid treatment among those diagnosed with chronic pain.

Design

We used a difference-in-differences approach that accounts for staggered policy adoption. Treated states included 32 states that implemented a prescribing cap law between 2017 and 2019.

Population

A total of 480,856 adults in the USA who were continuously enrolled in medical and pha

SUBMITTER: McCourt AD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10039157 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature