Mapping prescription drug monitoring program data to self-report measures of non-medical prescription opioid use in community pharmacy settings.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Community pharmacists are well-positioned to identify patients engaged in non-medical prescription opioid use (NMPOU) through Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) databases. Integrating patient-reported outcomes with PDMP data may improve the interpretability of PDMP information to support clinical decision-making.

Objective

This study linked patient-reported clinical measures of substance use with PDMP data to examine relationships between average daily opioid dose in morphine milligram equivalents (MME) and visits to multiple pharmacies/prescribers with self-reported NMPOU.

Methods

Data from a cross-sectional health assessment given to patients aged ≥18 years filling opioid prescriptions were linked to PDMP records. NMPOU in the past three months w

SUBMITTER: Charron E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10523937 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature