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Effect of prescriber notifications of patient’s fatal overdose on opioid prescribing at 4 to 12 months: a randomized clinical trial.
January 18, 2023
Doctor JN, Stewart E, Lev R, et al. JAMA Netw Open. 2023;6(1):e2249877.
Research has shown that prescribers who are notified of a patient’s fatal opioid overdose will decrease milligram morphine equivalents (MME) up to 3 months following notification as compared to prescribers who are not notified. This article reports on the same cohort’s prescribing behavior at 4-12 months. Among prescribers who received notification, total weekly MME continued to decrease more than the control group during the 4-12 month period.
