Prescription drug monitoring programs use mandates and prescription stimulant and depressant quantities

Abstract Background While the mandate to check patients’ prescription history in Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) database before prescribing/dispensing controlled drugs has been shown to be an important tool to curb opioid abuse, less is known about whether the mandate can reduce the mis...

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Published in:BMC Public Health
Main Authors: Christian Gunadi, Yuyan Shi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-07-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-16256-9