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prescription drug . monitoring PROGRAMS (PDMPs). Checking the PDMP: An Important Step to Improving Opioid Prescribing Practices WHAT IS A PDMP? 249M. A PDMP is a statewide electronic database prescriptions for opioids that tracks all controlled substance were written by healthcare prescriptions. Authorized users can access providers in 2013. prescription data such as medications dispensed and doses. PDMPs improve patient safety by allowing clinicians to: Identify patients who are obtaining opioids from multiple providers. Calculate the total amount of opioids prescribed per day (in MME/day). Identify patients who are being prescribed other substances that may increase risk of opioids such as benzodiazepines. enough prescriptions for every American adult to have a bottle of pills Improving the way opioids WHEN SHOULD I CHECK THE PDMP? are prescribed will ensure State requirements patients have access vary, but CDC. to safer, more effective recommends chronic pain treatment checking at least once every while reducing opioid misuse, abuse, and 3 months and overdose.
to safer, more effective PRESCRIPTION DRUG MONITORING PROGRAMS (PDMPs) Checking the PDMP: An Important Step to Improving Opioid Prescribing Practices
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