Characterizing dose changes and tapering among opioid users: A brief report on a population-level study in Alberta, Canada
Based on our approach at the CPSA, 60 percent of patients tapered opioids over a year. Despite no standardized definition of opioid tapering, our EDA demonstrates one approach using population-based drug dispense data to evaluate opioid use.
Authors
- Olivia Weaver
- Ed Jess
- Salim Samanani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6751-4805)
- Dean T. Eurich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2197-0463)
- Ming Ye (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7080-0578)
- Fizza Gilani
- Cerina Dubois
Institutions
- University of Alberta (CA)
- College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Opioid Management
- Published
- 2024-10-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5055/jom.0880
- Primary Topic
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00