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Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs: Evolution and Evidence
This Issue Brief reviews the current status and characteristics of PDMPs, their use, and evidence of their effectiveness. It summarizes best practices for PDMPs and the needs for further research and evaluation.
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This research examines the effects of Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs) on the supply and abuse of prescription drugs. Information from the Automation of Reports and Consolidated Orders System (ARCOS) is used to develop measures of supply, and information from the Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) is used to develop measures of abuse. Practical considerations lead us to focus on Sch...
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The United States is in themidst of a prescription opioid overdose and abuse epidemic. The rate of fatal prescription drug overdoses involving opioids almost quadrupled from 1.4 deaths/100 000 people in 1999 to 5.4 deaths/100 000 people in 2011.1 The rate of emergency department visits involving prescription drug misuse—primarily of opioid, antianxiety, and insomnia medications—more than double...
متن کاملPrescription Drug Monitoring Programs: Examining Limitations and Future Approaches
Prescription drug abuse is a leading cause of accidental death in the United States. Prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) are a popular initiative among policy makers and a key tool to combat the prescription drug epidemic. This editorial discusses the limitations of PDMPs, future approaches needed to improve the effectiveness of PDMPs, and other approaches essential to curbing the ris...
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The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has published significant data and trends related to opioid prescription pain relievers (OPR). In 2008, 20,044 deaths were attributed to prescription drug overdose of which 14,800 (73.8%) were due to OPR, an amount greater than the number of overdose deaths from heroin and cocaine combined. The majority of these deaths were unintentional. Betw...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Hospital Pharmacy
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0018-5787,1945-1253
DOI: 10.1310/hpj5004-277