Access to prescription opioids Primum Non Nocere: a teachable moment. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Access to prescription opioids Primum Non Nocere: a teachable moment. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

• Commentary
 
• Published July 2016

Access to prescription opioids—Primum Non Nocere: a teachable moment.

Tyler PD, Larochelle MR, Mafi JN. JAMA Inter Med. 2016 Jul 18; [Epub ahead of print].

Insufficient medication counseling and suboptimal prescribing practices contribute to misuse of opioids among patients. Describing a patient who became addicted to prescription opioids as a teenager after finding the medication at home, this commentary illustrates how currentprescribing guidelines can address the opioid epidemic in the United States.

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