ReviewSubstance abuse : research and treatment2017
Doctor Shopping Behavior and the Diversion of Prescription Opioids.
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- "Doctor and pharmacy shopping": A fading signal for prescription opioid use monitoring?Drug and alcohol dependence · 2021Article
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- The opioid crisis in North America: facts and future lessons for Europe.Anaesthesiology intensive therapy · 2020Review
- Fatal attraction: A narrative of early opioid addiction.Nordisk alkohol- & narkotikatidskrift : NAT · 2019Article
- Association between trends in county-level opioid prescribing and reported rates of gonorrhea cases in the United States.Annals of epidemiology · 2019Article
- Doctor hopping and doctor shopping for prescription opioids associated with increased odds of high-risk use.Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety · 2019Article
- Impact of a prescription drug monitoring program use mandate on potentially problematic patterns of opioid analgesic prescriptions in New York City.Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety · 2019Article
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- Erratum issuedErratum.2017
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Abstract
objectives"Doctor shopping" as a means of prescription opioid diversion is examined. The number and percentage of prescriptions and morphine-equivalent milligrams diverted in this manner are estimated by state and molecule for the period 2008-2012.
methodsEleven billion prescriptions with unique patient, doctor, and pharmacy identifiers were used to construct diversion "events" that involved between 1 and 6 unique doctors and between 1 and 6 unique pharmacies. Diversion thresholds were established based on the probability of each contingency.
resultsA geographically widespread decline occurred between 2008 and 2012. The number of prescriptions diverted fell from approximately 4.30 million (1.75% of all prescriptions) in 2008 to approximately 3.37 million (1.27% of all prescriptions) in 2012, and the number of morphine-equivalent milligrams fell from approximately 6.55 metric tons (2.95% of total metric tons) in 2008 to approximately 4.87 metric tons (2.19% of total metric tons) in 2012.
conclusionsDiversion control efforts have likely been effective. But given increases in opioid-related deaths, opioid-related drug treatment admissions, and the more specific resurgence of heroin-related events, it is clear that additional public health measures are required.
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