No Shortcuts to Safer Opioid Prescribing

CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain—United States, 2016

Dowell, D., Haegerich, T. M., & Chou, R. (2016) · JAMA · doi:10.1001/jama.2016.1464 · Cited by 5,161

CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain — United States, 2016

Dowell, D., Haegerich, T. M., & Chou, R. (2016) · MMWR. Recommendations and Reports · doi:10.15585/mmwr.rr6501e1 · Cited by 2,697

Opioid Prescribing in the United States Before and After the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's 2016 Opioid Guideline

Bohnert, A. S. B., Guy, G. P., & Losby, J. L. (2018) · Annals of Internal Medicine · doi:10.7326/m18-1243 · Cited by 420

Challenges with Implementing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Opioid Guideline: A Consensus Panel Report

Kroenke, K., Alford, D. P., Argoff, C. E., Canlas, B. R., Covington, E. C., Frank, J. W., Haake, K. J., Hanling, S. R., Hooten, W. M., Kertesz, S. G., et al. (2018) · Pain Medicine · doi:10.1093/pm/pny307 · Cited by 221

Changing the Conversation About Opioid Tapering

Dowell, D., & Haegerich, T. M. (2017) · Annals of Internal Medicine · doi:10.7326/m17-1402 · Cited by 29

Using Visualization to Build Transparency in a Healthcare Blockchain Application

Peral, J., Gallego, E., Gil, D., Tanniru, M. R., & Khambekar, P. K. (2020) · Sustainability · doi:10.3390/su12176768 · Cited by 26

Understanding the Implications of a Shifting Opioid Landscape in Ontario

Gomes, T., & Juurlink, D. N. (2019) · Healthcare Quarterly · doi:10.12927/hcq.2019.26025 · Cited by 24

American College of Preventive Medicine: Addressing the Opioid Epidemic Through a Prevention Framework

Livingston, C. J., Berenji, M., Titus, T. M., Caplan, L. S., Freeman, R. J., Sherin, K. M., Mohammad, A., & Salisbury‐Afshar, E. (2022) · American Journal of Preventive Medicine · doi:10.1016/j.amepre.2022.04.021 · Cited by 24

Predictors of fatal and nonfatal overdose after prescription of opioids for chronic pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies

Wang, L., Hong, P. J., Jiang, W., Rehman, Y., Hong, B. Y., Couban, R., Wang, C., Hayes, C. J., Juurlink, D. N., & Busse, J. W. (2023) · Canadian Medical Association Journal · doi:10.1503/cmaj.230459 · Cited by 26

Dose tapering, increases, and discontinuity among patients on long-term high-dose opioid therapy in the United States, 2017–2019

Nataraj, N., Strahan, A. E., Guy, G. P., Losby, J. L., & Dowell, D. (2022) · Drug and Alcohol Dependence · doi:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2022.109392 · Cited by 21

Prescription opioid use during pregnancy and risk for preterm birth or term low birthweight

Interrante, J. D., Scroggs, S. L. P., HOGUE, C. J. R., Friedman, J. M., Reefhuis, J., Jann, M. W., Broussard, C. S., & Study, N. B. D. P. (2021) · Journal of Opioid Management · doi:10.5055/jom.2021.0632 · Cited by 21

Clinical and neuroscience evidence supports the critical importance of patient expectations and agency in opioid tapering

Darnall, B. D., & Fields, H. L. (2021) · Pain · doi:10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002443 · Cited by 19

Intended and unintended consequences: Changes in opioid prescribing practices for postsurgical, acute, and chronic pain indications following two policies in North Carolina, 2012–2018 – Controlled and single-series interrupted time series analyses

Maierhofer, C., Ranapurwala, S. I., DiPrete, B. L., Fulcher, N., Ringwalt, C. L., Chelminski, P. R., Ives, T. J., Dasgupta, N., Go, V. F.-L., & Pence, B. W. (2022) · Drug and Alcohol Dependence · doi:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2022.109727 · Cited by 22

Pharmacists are missing an opportunity to save lives and advance the profession by embracing opioid harm reduction

Hill, L. G., Evoy, K. E., & Reveles, K. R. (2019) · Journal of the American Pharmacists Association · doi:10.1016/j.japh.2019.06.019 · Cited by 19

Opioid Use in Fibromyalgia Continues Despite Guidelines That Do Not Support Its Efficacy or Risk

Bruce, B. K., Allman, M. E., Rivera, F. A., Abril, A., Gehin, J. M., Oliphant, L. M., Nordan, L. M., White, L. J., Martinez, D., & Niazi, S. K. (2020) · JCR Journal of Clinical Rheumatology · doi:10.1097/rhu.0000000000001273 · Cited by 20

Nonconsensual Dose Reduction Mandates are Not Justified Clinically or Ethically: An Analysis

Kertesz, S. G., Manhapra, A., & Gordon, A. J. (2020) · The Journal of Law Medicine & Ethics · doi:10.1177/1073110520935337 · Cited by 20

Association Between Opioid Dose Reduction Against Patients’ Wishes and Change in Pain Severity

Frank, J. W., Carey, E., Nolan, C., Hale, A., Nugent, S. M., & Krebs, E. E. (2020) · Journal of General Internal Medicine · doi:10.1007/s11606-020-06294-z · Cited by 20

State Medical Board Policy and Opioid Prescribing: A Controlled Interrupted Time Series

Ranapurwala, S. I., Ringwalt, C. L., Pence, B. W., Schiro, S., Fulcher, N., McCort, A. D., DiPrete, B. L., & Marshall, S. W. (2020) · American Journal of Preventive Medicine · doi:10.1016/j.amepre.2020.09.015 · Cited by 18

Association of the “CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain” With Emergency Department Opioid Prescribing

Dayer, L. E., Breckling, M. N., Kling, B. S., Lakkad, M., McDade, E. R., & Painter, J. T. (2019) · Journal of Emergency Medicine · doi:10.1016/j.jemermed.2019.07.016 · Cited by 19

Primary Care Opioid Taper Plans Are Associated with Sustained Opioid Dose Reduction

Sullivan, M. D., Boudreau, D. M., Ichikawa, L., Cronkite, D., Albertson-Junkans, L. H., Salgado, G., VonKorff, M., & Carrell, D. (2020) · Journal of General Internal Medicine · doi:10.1007/s11606-019-05445-1 · Cited by 19

Outcomes in Long-term Opioid Tapering and Buprenorphine Transition: A Retrospective Clinical Data Analysis

Sturgeon, J. A., Sullivan, M. D., Parker-Shames, S., Tauben, D. J., & Coelho, P. (2020) · Pain Medicine · doi:10.1093/pm/pnaa029 · Cited by 18

Predictors of pain-related functional impairment among people living with HIV on long-term opioid therapy

Serota, D. P., Capozzi, C., Lodi, S., Colasanti, J. A., Forman, L. S., Tsui, J. I., Walley, A. Y., Lira, M. C., Samet, J. H., del Rı́o, C., et al. (2020) · AIDS Care · doi:10.1080/09540121.2020.1748866 · Cited by 19

Pain rehabilitation’s dual power: Treatment for chronic pain and prevention of opioid-related risks.

Crouch, T. B., Wedin, S., Kilpatrick, R. L., Christon, L., Balliet, W. E., Borckardt, J. J., & Barth, K. S. (2020) · American Psychologist · doi:10.1037/amp0000663 · Cited by 18

Patterns and Correlates of Prescription Opioid Receipt Among US Veterans: A National, 18-Year Observational Cohort Study

for the VACS Project Team, Rentsch, C. T., Edelman, E. J., Justice, A. C., Marshall, B. D. L., Xu, K., Smith, A. H., Crystal, S., Gaither, J. R., Gordon, A. J., et al. (2019) · AIDS and Behavior · doi:10.1007/s10461-019-02608-3 · Cited by 19

Are opioids effective analgesics and is physiological opioid dependence benign? Revising current assumptions to effectively manage long‐term opioid therapy and its deprescribing

Manhapra, A., MacLean, R. R., Rosenheck, R. A., & Becker, W. C. (2023) · British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology · doi:10.1111/bcp.15972 · Cited by 17

Prescription Opioid Dispensing Patterns Prior to Heroin Overdose in a State Medicaid Program: a Case-Control Study

Hartung, D. M., Johnston, K. A., Hallvik, S. E., Leichtling, G. J., Geddes, J., Hildebran, C., Keast, S. L., Chan, B. L., & Korthuis, P. T. (2020) · Journal of General Internal Medicine · doi:10.1007/s11606-020-06192-4 · Cited by 17

Cohort profile: Using primary care data to understand Opioid Prescribing, Policy Impacts and Clinical Outcomes (OPPICO) in Victoria, Australia.

Nielsen, S., Buchbinder, R., Pearce, C., Lubman, D. I., Lalic, S., Haas, R., Picco, L., Jung, M., Cangadis‐Douglass, H., Ilomäki, J., et al. (2023) · BMJ Open · doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2022-067746 · Cited by 16

Paths Forward for Clinicians Amidst the Rise of Unregulated Clinical Decision Support Software: Our Perspective on NarxCare

Buonora, M. J., Axson, S. A., Cohen, S. M., & Becker, W. C. (2023) · Journal of General Internal Medicine · doi:10.1007/s11606-023-08528-2 · Cited by 16

International comparison of mitigation strategies for addressing opioid misuse: A systematic review

Uba, R. O., Ankoma-Darko, K., & Park, S. K. (2019) · Journal of the American Pharmacists Association · doi:10.1016/j.japh.2019.09.002 · Cited by 16

State Opioid Limits and Volume of Opioid Prescriptions Received by Medicaid Patients

Zhang, H., Tallavajhala, S., Kapadia, S. N., Jeng, P. J., Shi, Y., Wen, H., & Bao, Y. (2020) · Medical Care · doi:10.1097/mlr.0000000000001411 · Cited by 16

Chronic Opioid Therapy: A Scoping Literature Review on Evolving Clinical and Scientific Definitions

Shen, Y., Bhagwandass, H., Branchcomb, T., Galvez, S. A., Grande, I., Lessing, J., Mollanazar, M., Ourhaan, N., Oueini, R., Sasser, M., et al. (2020) · Journal of Pain · doi:10.1016/j.jpain.2020.09.002 · Cited by 20

Opioid Discontinuation Among Patients Receiving High-Dose Long-Term Opioid Therapy in the Veterans Health Administration

Minegishi, T., Garrido, M. M., Stein, M. D., Oliva, E. M., & Frakt, A. B. (2020) · Journal of General Internal Medicine · doi:10.1007/s11606-020-06252-9 · Cited by 16

Targeted Drug Delivery for Chronic Nonmalignant Pain: Longitudinal Data From the Product Surveillance Registry

Schultz, D. M., Abd-Elsayed, A. A., Calodney, A. K., Stromberg, K., Weaver, T. W., & Spencer, R. J. (2021) · Neuromodulation Technology at the Neural Interface · doi:10.1111/ner.13353 · Cited by 16

The 2016 CDC Opioid Guideline and Analgesic Prescribing Patterns in Older Adults With Cancer

Rodin, R. A., Li, L., McKendrick, K., Harrison, K. L., Hunt, L. J., Muench, U., Smith, C. B., Aldridge, M. D., & Morrison, R. S. (2025) · JAMA Network Open · doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.9043 · Cited by 16

State Policies for Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs and Adverse Opioid-related Hospital Events

Wen, K. J., Johnson, P., Jeng, P. J., Schackman, B. R., & Bao, Y. (2020) · Medical Care · doi:10.1097/mlr.0000000000001322 · Cited by 15

Exploring perspectives on changing opioid prescribing practices: A qualitative study of community stakeholders in the HEALing Communities Study

Walker, D. M., Childerhose, J. E., Chen, S., Coovert, N., Jackson, R. D., Kurien, N., McAlearney, A. S., Volney, J., Alford, D. P., Bosak, J., et al. (2022) · Drug and Alcohol Dependence · doi:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2022.109342 · Cited by 15

Are Opioids Needed to Treat Chronic Low Back Pain? A Review of Treatment Options and Analgesics in Development

Gudin, J. A., Kaufman, A. G., & Datta, S. (2020) · Journal of Pain Research · doi:10.2147/jpr.s226483 · Cited by 16

Engineering Approaches for Addressing Opioid Use Disorder in the Community

Griffin, P. M. (2020) · Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering · doi:10.1146/annurev-bioeng-082719-040832 · Cited by 14

Innovative Approaches to Educating Future Clinicians about Opioids, Pain, Addiction and Health Policy

Aronowitz, S. V., Compton, P. A., & Schmidt, H. D. (2020) · Pain Management Nursing · doi:10.1016/j.pmn.2020.07.001 · Cited by 18

Mind-body approaches targeting the psychological aspects of opioid use problems in patients with chronic pain: evidence and opportunities

Martel, M. O., Bruneau, A., & Edwards, R. R. (2021) · Translational research · doi:10.1016/j.trsl.2021.02.013 · Cited by 16

Opioid Taper is Associated with Improved Experimental Pain Tolerance in Patients with Chronic Pain: An Observational Study

Compton, P. A., Halabicky, O. M., Aryal, S., & Badiola, I. J. (2022) · Pain and Therapy · doi:10.1007/s40122-021-00348-8 · Cited by 14

Understanding Clinicians’ Decisions to Assume Prescriptions for Inherited Patients on Long-term Opioid Therapy: A Qualitative Study

Keller, M. S., Jusufagic, A., Nuckols, T. K., Needleman, J., & Heilemann, M. V. (2020) · Pain Medicine · doi:10.1093/pm/pnaa045 · Cited by 13

New Data on Opioid Dose Reduction—Implications for Patient Safety

Kertesz, S. G., & Varley, A. L. (2022) · JAMA Network Open · doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.16733 · Cited by 13

Prescription Opioid Dose Reductions and Potential Adverse Events: a Multi-site Observational Cohort Study in Diverse US Health Systems

Metz, V. E., Ray, G. T., Palzes, V. A., Binswanger, I. A., Altschuler, A., Karmali, R. N., Ahmedani, B. K., Andrade, S. E., Boscarino, J. A., Clark, R. E., et al. (2023) · Journal of General Internal Medicine · doi:10.1007/s11606-023-08459-y · Cited by 13

Patient factors that affect opioid use among adults with and without chronic pain

Bernard, D., Encinosa, W. E., Cohen, J. W., & Fang, Z. (2020) · Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy · doi:10.1016/j.sapharm.2020.07.036 · Cited by 12

Christianity and Psychedelic Medicine: A Pastoral Approach

McCarthy, B. C. (2022) · Christian bioethics Non-Ecumenical Studies in Medical Morality · doi:10.1093/cb/cbac008 · Cited by 14

Effects of prescription opioids on employment, earnings, marriage, disability and mortality: Evidence from state opioid control policies

Kaestner, R. J., & Ziedan, E. (2023) · Labour Economics · doi:10.1016/j.labeco.2023.102358 · Cited by 13

Prescribing Opioids for Pain

Ari, M., Alexander, J. T., & Weyer, G. W. (2023) · JAMA · doi:10.1001/jama.2023.6539 · Cited by 12

Trends in Outpatient Opioid Prescriptions for Cancer Pain Between 2016 and 2021

Admane, S., Bramati, P. S., Fellman, B. M., Rizvi, A., Kolenc, E., Berly, A., de Moraes, A. R., Hui, D., Haider, A., & Bruera, E. D. (2025) · JCO Oncology Practice · doi:10.1200/op-24-00782 · Cited by 12

Examining the Effect of a Whole Health Primary Care Pain Education and Opioid Monitoring Program on Implementation of VA/DoD-Recommended Guidelines for Long-term Opioid Therapy in a Primary Care Chronic Pain Population

Marszalek, D., Martinson, A. A., Smith, A. G., Marchand, W. R., Sweeney, C., Carney, J., Lowery, T., & Clinton-Lont, J. (2020) · Pain Medicine · doi:10.1093/pm/pnaa155 · Cited by 12

Talking points for the safe and effective alleviation of pain

Brown, L. E., Fatehi, A., & Ring, D. (2020) · The Bone & Joint Journal · doi:10.1302/0301-620x.102b9.bjj-2020-0091.r1 · Cited by 12

Flipping the script: The effects of opioid prescription monitoring on specialty‐specific provider behavior

Ellyson, A. M., Grooms, J., & Ortega, A. (2021) · Health Economics · doi:10.1002/hec.4446 · Cited by 12

Why comparative epidemiological indicators suggest that New Zealand is unlikely to experience a severe opioid epidemic

Fischer, B., O’Keefe-Markman, C., Daldegan‐Bueno, D., & Walters, C. (2021) · International Journal of Drug Policy · doi:10.1016/j.drugpo.2021.103166 · Cited by 13

Primary care management of Long-Term opioid therapy

Coffin, P., Martinez, R. S., Wylie, B., & Ryder, B. (2022) · Annals medicus · doi:10.1080/07853890.2022.2121417 · Cited by 9

A Conceptual Model to Share Resources and Align Goals: Building Blockchain Application to Support Care Continuity Outside a Hospital

Tanniru, M. R., WOO, C. C., & Dutta, K. (2023) · Journal of risk and financial management · doi:10.3390/jrfm16040247 · Cited by 11

Decreasing Trends in Opioid Prescribing on Discharge to Hospice Care

Furuno, J. P., Noble, B. N., Fromme, E. K., Hartung, D. M., Tjia, J., Lynn, M., & Teno, J. M. (2021) · Journal of Pain and Symptom Management · doi:10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2021.03.025 · Cited by 11

Study protocol for a type III hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial to evaluate scaling interoperable clinical decision support for patient-centered chronic pain management in primary care

Salloum, R. G., Bilello, L. A., Bian, J., Diiulio, J., Paz, L. G., Gurka, M. J., Gutierrez, M., Hurley, R. W., Jones, R. E., Martinez-Wittinghan, F., et al. (2022) · Implementation Science · doi:10.1186/s13012-022-01217-4 · Cited by 14

Using primary care data to understand opioid prescribing, policy impacts and clinical outcomes: A protocol for the OPPICO study.

Cangadis-Douglass, H., Jung, M., Xia, T., Buchbinder, R., Lalic, S., Russell, G., Andrew, N. E., Pearce, C., Bell, J., Ilomäki, J., et al. (2022) · Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy · doi:10.1016/j.sapharm.2022.07.041 · Cited by 11

Using Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Data to Assess Likelihood of Incident Long-Term Opioid Use: a Statewide Cohort Study

Henry, S. G., STEWART, S. L., Murphy, E. M., Tseregounis, I. E., Crawford, A. J., Shev, A. B., Gasper, J. J., Tancredi, D. J., Cerdá, M., Marshall, B. D. L., et al. (2021) · Journal of General Internal Medicine · doi:10.1007/s11606-020-06555-x · Cited by 11

Associations of opioid prescription dose and discontinuation with risk of substance-related morbidity in long-term opioid therapy

Quinn, P. D., Chang, Z., Bair, M. J., Rickert, M. E., Gibbons, R. D., Kroenke, K., & D'Onofrio, B. M. (2021) · Pain · doi:10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002415 · Cited by 11

Development and validation of a risk-score model for opioid overdose using a national claims database

Heo, K., Lee, J., & Ah, Y. (2022) · Scientific Reports · doi:10.1038/s41598-022-09095-y · Cited by 11

Reduction of Long-Term Opioid Prescribing for Back Pain in Community Health Centers After a Medicaid Policy Change

Muench, J., Hoopes, M. J., Mayhew, M., Pisciotta, M., Shortreed, S. M., Livingston, C. J., Korff, M. V., & DeBar, L. (2022) · The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine · doi:10.3122/jabfm.2022.02.210306 · Cited by 11

Averting a UK opioid crisis: getting the public health messages ‘right’

Richards, G. C., Anwar, S., & Quinlan, J. (2022) · Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine · doi:10.1177/01410768221089015 · Cited by 11

Tramadol use and incident dementia in older adults with musculoskeletal pain: a population-based retrospective cohort study

Oh, S. N., Kim, H. J., Shim, J., Kim, K. W., Jeong, S., Park, S. J., Lee, S. H., Ha, J. W., & Park, S. M. (2024) · Scientific Reports · doi:10.1038/s41598-024-74817-3 · Cited by 11

Association Between Opioid Dose Reduction Rates and Overdose Among Patients Prescribed Long-Term Opioid Therapy

Glanz, J. M., Xu, S., Narwaney, K. J., McClure, D. L., Rinehart, D. J., Ford, M. A., Nguyen, A. P., & Binswanger, I. A. (2023) · Substance Abuse · doi:10.1177/08897077231186216 · Cited by 10

Limited Access to On-Label Formulations of Buprenorphine for Chronic Pain as Compared with Conventional Opioids

Fishman, M. A., Scherer, A. M., Topfer, J., & Kim, P. S. (2019) · Pain Medicine · doi:10.1093/pm/pnz197 · Cited by 10

Dual Enkephalinase Inhibitors and Their Role in Chronic Pain Management

Southerland, W. A., Gillis, J., Kuppalli, S., Fonseca, A., Mendelson, A. M., Horine, S. V., Bansal, N., & Gulati, A. (2021) · Current Pain and Headache Reports · doi:10.1007/s11916-021-00949-0 · Cited by 10

Evaluating opioid analgesic prescribing limits: A narrative review

Seitz, A. E., Janiszewski, K. A., Guy, G. P., Tapscott, R. T., Einstein, E. B., Meyer, T. E., Tierney, J. A., Staffa, J. A., Jones, C. M., & Compton, W. M. (2022) · Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety · doi:10.1002/pds.5425 · Cited by 10

Patient Motivation to Reduce or Discontinue Opioids for Chronic Pain

Crouch, T. B., Donovan, E. K., Smith, W. R., Barth, K. S., Becker, W. C., & Svikis, D. S. (2023) · Clinical Journal of Pain · doi:10.1097/ajp.0000000000001167 · Cited by 10

State Variation in Chronic Opioid Use in Long-Term Care Nursing Home Residents

Mehta, H. B., Kuo, Y., Raji, M. A., Westra, J. R., Boyd, C. M., Alexander, G. C., & Goodwin, J. S. (2021) · Journal of the American Medical Directors Association · doi:10.1016/j.jamda.2021.04.016 · Cited by 9

Long-term opioid therapy tapering: Trends from 2014 to 2018 in a Midwestern State

Mazurenko, O., Gupta, S., Blackburn, J. L., Simon, K. I., & Harle, C. A. (2021) · Drug and Alcohol Dependence · doi:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2021.109108 · Cited by 9

Misinterpretation of the “Overdose Crisis” Continues to Fuel Misunderstanding of the Role of Prescription Opioids

Bettinger, J. J., Amarquaye, W., Fudin, J., & Schatman, M. E. (2022) · Journal of Pain Research · doi:10.2147/jpr.s367753 · Cited by 9

The prescription opioid conundrum: 21st century solutions to a millennia-long problem

Brennan, M. J., & Gudin, J. A. (2019) · Postgraduate Medicine · doi:10.1080/00325481.2019.1677383 · Cited by 9

Medical Record Documentation About Opioid Tapering: Examining Benefit-to-Harm Framework and Patient Engagement

Buonora, M. J., Perez, H. R., Stumph, J., Allen, R. W., Nahvi, S., Cunningham, C. O., Merlin, J. S., & Starrels, J. L. (2020) · Pain Medicine · doi:10.1093/pm/pnz361 · Cited by 8

Full Agonist Opioid Prescribing by Primary Care Clinicians after Buprenorphine Training

Gadomski, A., Anderson, J., Chung, Y. K., Krupa, N. L., & Jenkins, P. (2020) · Substance Abuse · doi:10.1080/08897077.2020.1736709 · Cited by 8

Claims-based measures of prescription opioid utilization: A practical guide for researchers

Heins, S. E., Buttorff, C., Armstrong, C., & Pacula, R. L. (2021) · Drug and Alcohol Dependence · doi:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2021.109087 · Cited by 9

Navigating Ethical Challenges for Pediatric Sickle Cell Pain Management in the Context of the Opioid Epidemic

Mulchan, S. S., Wakefield, E. O., Martin, S. R., Ayr-Volta, L., Krenicki, K., & Zempsky, W. T. (2021) · Clinical Journal of Pain · doi:10.1097/ajp.0000000000001007 · Cited by 9

How opioid prescribing policies influence primary care clinicians’ treatment decisions and conversations with patients with chronic pain

Danielson, E. C., Harle, C. A., Downs, S. M., Militello, L. G., & Mazurenko, O. (2021) · Journal of Opioid Management · doi:10.5055/jom.2021.0684 · Cited by 9

Self-reported challenges obtaining ongoing prescription opioids among Australians with chronic non-cancer pain

Hopkins, R. E., Campbell, G., Degenhardt, L. J., Lintzeris, N., Larance, B., Nielsen, S., & Gisev, N. (2022) · International Journal of Drug Policy · doi:10.1016/j.drugpo.2022.103708 · Cited by 9

Effectiveness of Long-Term Opioid Therapy for Chronic Pain in an Outpatient Palliative Medicine Clinic

Kollas, C. D., Ruiz, K., & Laughlin, A. I. (2023) · Journal of Palliative Medicine · doi:10.1089/jpm.2023.0251 · Cited by 9

The National Imperative to Align Practice and Policy with the Actual CDC Opioid Guideline

Darnall, B. D. (2019) · Pain Medicine · doi:10.1093/pm/pnz152 · Cited by 9

Damaging State Legislation Regarding Opioids: The Need To Scrutinize Sources Of Inaccurate Information Provided To Lawmakers

Schatman, M. E., & Shapiro, H. (2019) · Journal of Pain Research · doi:10.2147/jpr.s235366 · Cited by 9

Is Nonconsensual Tapering of High-Dose Opioid Therapy Justifiable?

Rieder, T. N. (2020) · The AMA Journal of Ethic · doi:10.1001/amajethics.2020.651 · Cited by 9

Responsible Prescribing of Opioids for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain: A Scoping Review

Black, E., Khor, K. E., & Demirkol, A. (2020) · Pharmacy · doi:10.3390/pharmacy8030150 · Cited by 11

Nonpharmacologic Treatments for Opioid Reduction in Patients With Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease

Brintz, C., Cheatle, M. D., Dember, L. M., Heapy, A. A., Jhamb, M., Shallcross, A. J., Steel, J. L., Kimmel, P. L., & Cukor, D. (2021) · Seminars in Nephrology · doi:10.1016/j.semnephrol.2021.02.007 · Cited by 11

A methodology to explore ventilatory chemosensitivity and opioid-induced respiratory depression risk

Dong, T. W., MacLeod, D. B., Santoro, A., Augustine, Z., Barth, S., Cooter, M. L., & Moon, R. E. (2020) · Journal of Applied Physiology · doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.00460.2020 · Cited by 9

Quantifying unused opioids following emergency and ambulatory care: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

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