• American family physician · Dec 2024

    Opioid Prescribing Has Significantly Decreased in Primary Care.

    • Chrystal Pristell, Hoon Byun, and Alison N Huffstetler.
    • Robert Graham Center for Policy Studies in Family Medicine and Primary Care, Washington, DC.
    • Am Fam Physician. 2024 Dec 1; 110 (6): 572573572-573.

    AbstractPrescription opioids continue to be commonly used for chronic non-cancer pain, despite inherent risks. Primary care physicians and advanced practice clinicians have been integral to driving change in opioid prescribing, preventing overuse, and reducing risk. The authors of this article assessed the current extent of opioid prescribing using publicly available data to identify which specialties are most likely to prescribe opioids and to what extent.

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