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- Title
Prescription drug monitoring programs in Australia: A call for a comprehensive evaluation.
- Authors
Picco, Louisa; Ritter, Alison; Nielsen, Suzanne
- Abstract
The purpose of PDMPs is to curtail inappropriate opioid prescribing, identify and prevent opioid misuse and diversion [[5]] and ultimately reduce opioid overdose deaths [[6]]. PDMPs are electronic databases that monitor the prescribing and dispensing of controlled medicines including opioids, with the potential to identify patient-level medication-related risks [[4]]. Australia has one of the highest rates of prescription opioid utilisation globally [[16]], and opioids were the most common drug class associated with unintended drug-induced deaths in 2020 [[17]]. Keywords: harms; opioids; policy; prescription drug monitoring programs; real-time prescription monitoring EN harms opioids policy prescription drug monitoring programs real-time prescription monitoring 745 747 3 04/28/23 20230501 NES 230501 Much has been written on the multiple "opioid crises" that have emerged over the past few decades in North America [[1], [3]].
- Subjects
AUSTRALIA; INAPPROPRIATE prescribing (Medicine); DRUG overdose; PHARMACEUTICAL policy; NURSE prescribing; ANALGESICS; DRUGS of abuse; OPIOID abuse
- Publication
Drug & Alcohol Review, 2023, Vol 42, Issue 4, p745
- ISSN
0959-5236
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/dar.13652