Association Between State Opioid Prescribing Limits and Duration of Opioid Prescriptions From Dentists.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

In part to prevent the harms associated with dental opioid prescriptions, most states have enacted policies limiting the duration of opioid prescriptions for acute pain. Whether these limits are associated with changes in the duration of opioid prescriptions written by dentists is unclear.

Objective

To evaluate the association between state opioid prescribing limits and the duration of opioid prescriptions from dentists.

Design, setting, and participants

This difference-in-differences cross-sectional study used data from the IQVIA Longitudinal Prescription Database, an all-payer database reporting prescription dispensing from 92% of retail pharmacies in the US. The sample included opioid prescriptions from dentists dispensed to children aged 0 to 17 years a

SUBMITTER: Chua KP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9857382 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature