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Accidental overdoses from legal drugs

Publication:

State News

Publication Date:

February 2009

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Tags: doctor shopping, interstate data sharing, news articles, overdoses and deaths, PDMP impact, PMP operations, state comparisons

The other epidemic: prescription drug abuse in the US - ten prevention ideas from the states

Publication Date:

2009

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Tags: evaluations, government reports, overdoses and deaths, PDMP impact, secure prescription forms, state comparisons

Prescription opioid usage and abuse relationships: an evaluation of state prescription drug monitoring program efficacy

Author:

Reisman, R. M., Shenoy, P. J., Atherly, A. J., and Flowers, C. R.

Publication Date:

2009

Publication:

Substance Abuse: Research and Treatment 3 41–51

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Tags: addiction, ARCOS, chilling effect, diversion, evaluations, journal articles, opioid abuse, oxycodone, PDMP impact, PMP data, state comparisons, treatment admissions data

Prescription drugs: state monitoring programs may help to reduce illegal diversion

Publication Date:

2002

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Tags: case investigation, Controlled Substances Act, diversion, government reports, PDMP impact, PMP data, PMP operations, regulatory agencies, state comparisons, testimony

Prescription for disaster: The growing problem of prescription drug abuse in Maryland

Publication Date:

2005

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Tags: chilling effect, diversion, doctor shopping, fraud, government reports, law enforcement, Maryland, PDMP impact, PMP operations, state comparisons, survey data, treatment admissions data

Pain management and prescription monitoring

Author:

Joranson, D.E., Carrow, G.M., Ryan, K.M., Schaefer, L., Gilson, A.M., Good, P., Eadie, J., Peine, S., Dahl, J.L.

Publication Date:

2002

Publication:

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 23(3):231-8.

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Tags: balancing patient care and drug control, journal articles, pain management, PDMP impact, PMP operations, regulatory agencies, state comparisons, triplicate prescriptions, undertreatment of pain, unintended consequences

Balancing diversion control and medical necessity: the case of prescription drugs with abuse potential

Author:

Simoni-Wastila, L., Tompkins, C.

Publication Date:

2001

Publication:

Substance Use and Misuse. 36,1275–1296.

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Tags: access to treatment, administrative burdens, balancing patient care and drug control, diversion, EDT, effectiveness of prescription control, impact on medical practice, journal articles, MCPPs, PMP data, prescribing patterns, state comparisons

National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Act (NASPER): balancing substance abuse and medical necessity

Author:

Manchikanti, L., Brown, K.R., Singh, V.

Publication Date:

2002

Publication:

Pain Physician. 5(3):294-319.

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Tags: addiction, balancing patient care and drug control, benzodiazepines, Controlled Substances Act, diversion, EDT, effectiveness of prescription control, history of substance abuse, hydrocodone, journal articles, MCPPs, methadone, NASPER, opioid abuse, pain management, PMP data, pseudoaddiction, psychiatric disorders, state comparisons, undertreatment of pain

Regulating opioid prescribing through prescription monitoring programs: balancing drug diversion and treatment of pain

Author:

Fishman, S.M., Papazian, J.S., Gonzalez, S., Riches, P.S., Gilson, A.

Publication Date:

2004

Publication:

Pain Medicine. Sep; 5(3):309-24

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Tags: balancing patient care and drug control, chilling effect, electronic prescribing, information technology, journal articles, laws and regulations, PMP data, regulating medical practice, secure prescription forms, state comparisons, training and education, unintended consequences

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