The authors respond to “Opioid agonist dosage adequacy from clinical and patient perspectives: further considerations”

AA Artenie, J Bruneau - Cmaj, 2019 - Can Med Assoc
We appreciate the comments by Trujols and colleagues1 on our CMAJ article. 2 We wish to
highlight that the thresholds used to dichotomize the prescribed dosage for opioid agonist …

RE: Opioid agonist dosage adequacy from clinical and patient perspectives: Further considerations

AA Artenie, J Bruneau - 2023 - Can Med Assoc
We appreciate the comments by Trujols et al [1] on our article [2]. We wish to highlight that
the thresholds used to dichotomize the prescribed dose for opioid agonist treatment in our …

Opioid agonist dosage adequacy from clinical and patient perspectives: further considerations

J Trujols, MJ Campins, E Ribalta - Cmaj, 2019 - Can Med Assoc
We read with great interest the CMAJ article by Artenie and colleagues1 showing that the
risk of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among people who inject drugs varies con siderably …

[HTML][HTML] The authors respond to “The 2017 Canadian opioid guideline: already time for an overhaul”

JW Busse, D Juurlink, DN Buckley, GH Guyatt - CMAJ, 2018 - Can Med Assoc
We share their concerns regarding inappropriate opioid tapering. We have highlighted this
concern as it relates to overly aggressive adoption of the US Centers for Disease Control …

Rethinking opioid prescribing to protect patient safety and public health

GC Alexander, SP Kruszewski, DW Webster - Jama, 2012 - jamanetwork.com
PRESCRIPTION DRUGS, INCLUDING AMPHETAMINES, OPI-oids, and benzodiazepines,
provide therapeutic value to millions of Americans. At the same time, there are increasing …

[PDF][PDF] When will opioid agonist therapy become a normal part of comprehensive health care

P Prathivadi, EA Sturgiss - Med J Aust, 2021 - mja.com.au
Rates of prescribing, morbidity and mortality have dramatically increased since 1990. 1 Fifty-
six percent of unintentional opioid deaths now involve pharmaceutical opioids (as either …

Response to “Clarification from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC on commentary about limitations of the CDC guideline for prescribing opioids”

JW Busse, D Juurlink, GH Guyatt - CMAJ, 2017 - Can Med Assoc
The college's fourth standard (https://www. cpsbc. ca/files/pdf/PSG-Safe-Prescribing. pdf),
also a recommendation by the CDC guideline, directs physicians to prescribe opioids at …

Improving opioid prescribing: the New York City recommendations

DN Juurlink, IA Dhalla, LS Nelson - JAMA, 2013 - jamanetwork.com
ON JANUARY 10, 2013, NEW YORK CITY MAYOR Michael Bloomberg announced new
guide-lines for the prescribing of opioid analgesics to patients being discharged from the …

Opioid prescribing limits for acute pain: potential problems with design and implementation

KP Chua, CM Brummett, JF Waljee - Jama, 2019 - jamanetwork.com
Recent studies indicate that the amount of opioid medication prescribed for acute pain often
exceeds the amount of opioid actually consumed by patients. 1, 2 Eliminating excessive …

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Guideline for Prescribing Opioids, 2022—need for integrating dosing benchmarks with shared decision-making

MD Sullivan, JA Linder, JN Doctor - JAMA internal medicine, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
On November 3, 2022, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released
a new version1 of its 2016 clinical practice guideline for prescribing opioids. 2 The guideline …