Staff Rheumatologist, Hawthorn Medical Associates, Dartmouth MA.
Health Program Administrator, Rhode Island Department of Health.
R I Med J (2013). 2020 Dec 1;103(10):44-46.
Prescription opioids are an important step in the development of persistent opioid use. Our study estimates the change in long-term opioid use before and after a 2017 regulatory update on acute pain prescribing. Prescribing information was abstracted from the Rhode Island Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP). Using the changed rates of initial opioid prescriptions of 8 or more days, and a calculated Number Needed to Harm for prescriptions of that duration, the rates of long-term opioid use were estimated decrease by 111 long-term opioid users per month.
处方类阿片是导致长期阿片类药物使用的重要环节。我们的研究评估了 2017 年急性疼痛处方监管更新前后长期阿片类药物使用的变化。处方信息是从罗德岛处方药物监测项目（PDMP）中提取的。根据 8 天或更长时间的初始阿片类药物处方的变化率，以及计算出的该持续时间处方的危害人数，估计每月长期阿片类药物使用者减少了 111 人。
