Originally published by our sister publication, Pain Medicine News.
Patients tapered from a stable, long-term, higher-dose opioid therapy are significantly more likely to incur an overdose or a mental health crisis within one year, compared with those who are not tapered, according to a retrospective cohort study.
“Many factors have led to a major decrease in opioid prescribing over the past several years, and many patients who were taking stable doses of opioids for chronic pain have had