Opioid Tapering Practices-Time for Reconsideration?

Marc Larochelle¹, Pooja A Lagisetty^{2

3}, Amy S B Bohnert^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Clinical Addiction Research and Education Unit at Boston University School of Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Department of Internal Medicine, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor.
³ VA Center for Clinical Management Research, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
⁴ Department of Anesthesiology, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor.

Comment

Marc Larochelle et al. JAMA. 2021.

. 2021 Aug 3;326(5):388-389.

doi: 10.1001/jama.2021.11118.

Marc Larochelle¹, Pooja A Lagisetty^{2

3}, Amy S B Bohnert^{3

4}

¹ Clinical Addiction Research and Education Unit at Boston University School of Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Department of Internal Medicine, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor.
³ VA Center for Clinical Management Research, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
⁴ Department of Anesthesiology, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor.

No abstract available

Comment on

Association of Dose Tapering With Overdose or Mental Health Crisis Among Patients Prescribed Long-term Opioids.
Agnoli A, Xing G, Tancredi DJ, Magnan E, Jerant A, Fenton JJ. Agnoli A, et al. JAMA. 2021 Aug 3;326(5):411-419. doi: 10.1001/jama.2021.11013. JAMA. 2021. PMID: 34342618 Free PMC article.