Background The increased use of opioid analgesics, sedative hypnotics and stimulants,
coupled with the associated risks of overdose have raised concerns around the …

Abstract Purpose To evaluate New York State's mandate that prescribers query the
prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) prior to prescribing Schedule II‐IV …

Background Prescription opioids are commonly overprescribed. However, validated
measures of inappropriate controlled substance prescribing are lacking. This study …

State prescription drug monitoring programs are common tools intended to reduce
prescription drug abuse and diversion, or the nonmedical use of a prescribed drug. The …

Policies and practices have proliferated to optimize prescribers' use of their states'
prescription drug monitoring programs, which are statewide databases of controlled …

Prescription drug monitoring programs are promising tools to use in addressing the
prescription opioid epidemic, yet prescribers' participation in these state-run programs …

Opioids, benzodiazepines, stimulants, and other controlled substances are widely
prescribed in the medical field, but these medications may also be misused, abused or …

Abstract Problem/Condition: In 2017, a total of 70,237 persons in the United States died from
a drug overdose, and 67.8% of these deaths involved an opioid. Historically, the opioid …

Background Little information has been published on opioid prescribing practices in the
United States as a whole for any year since 2005, despite increased use and increased …

Purpose Electronic prescription monitoring programs (PMPs) have been developed in many
states as a public health surveillance tool. We analyze herein 11 years of Massachusetts …