Opioid tapering
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opioid-tapering-307-4890441
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Opioid tapering
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Opioid tapering is the reduction of opioid doses over time. Opioid tapering is typically done in people taking opioids for chronic pain. Tapering may be conducted in medically-supervised inpatient or outpatient settings. Community-based opioid tapering increased after the 2016 "Center for Disease Control Guideline for Prescribing Opioids in Chronic Pain" was published, and many prescribers and organizations instigated opioid tapering practices in order to reduce opioid prescribing. While the CDC
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Reduction of opioid doses over time
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opioid_tapering
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2024-01-11T09:47:13Z
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