What is the ideal time to begin tapering opioid agonist treatment? A protocol for a retrospective population-based comparative effectiveness study in British Columbia, Canada

Introduction Opioid agonist treatment (OAT) tapering involves a gradual reduction in daily medication dose to ultimately reach a state of opioid abstinence. Due to the high risk of relapse and overdose after tapering, this practice is not recommended by clinical guidelines, however, clients may stil...

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Published in:	BMJ Open
Main Authors:	M Eugenia Socías, Evan Wood, Paul Gustafson, Robert W Platt, Bohdan Nosyk, Sander Greenland, Jeong Eun Min, Hui Xie, Shaun Seaman, P Todd Korthuis, Paxton Bach, B Carolina Guerra-Alejos, Megan Kurz, Tom Loughin, Ruyu Yan, Ehsan Karim, Lawrence McCandless, Kevin Schnepel
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMJ Publishing Group 2024-04-01
Online Access:	https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/14/4/e083453.full