The association between pain clinic laws and prescription opioid exposures: New evidence from multi-state comparisons.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

States in the US are controlling opioid prescribing to combat the opioid epidemic. Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs) were widely adopted, whereas less attention was given to pain clinic laws. This study examined the associations of mandatory use of PDMPs and pain clinic laws with prescription opioid exposures.

Methods

State-level quarterly prescription opioid exposures reported to the National Poison Data System during 2010-2017 were analyzed. The primary outcome was age-adjusted rates of prescription opioid exposures per 1,000,000 population. The primary policy variables included the implementation of mandatory use of PDMPs alone, the implementation of pain clinic laws alone, and the implementation of both mandatory use of PDMPs and pain clinic laws.

SUBMITTER: Liang D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6980704 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature