Background This paper describes the design and protocol of a pragmatic, randomized trial
to evaluate the comparative effectiveness of shared decision making versus motivational …

Objectives In the last 30 years, opioid maintenance treatment prescription (OMT) has
changed patients' and also changed physicians' practices. General practitioners (GPs) have …

Background Preventing progression to moderate or severe opioid use disorder (OUD)
among people who exhibit risky opioid use behavior that does not meet criteria for treatment …

Objective To identify reasons for opioid discontinuation and post-discontinuation outcomes
among patients in the Transforming Opioid Prescribing in Primary Care (TOPCARE) study …

Chronic non-cancer pain is common and long-term opioid therapy is frequently used in its
management. While opioids can be effective, they are also associated with significant harm …

Objective Self-reported behavior change is used to evaluate the effectiveness of educational
outreach interventions delivered to clinicians, such as academic detailing (AD). However …

Prescribers have an important role in prevention of OUDs and opioid overdose. These
strategies include minimizing opioid exposure for opioid-naive patients, using risk-mitigation …

Guidelines for opioid prescribing in noncancer pain have proliferated since the opioid crisis
in the United States became widely recognized. The recently published Centers for Disease …

Background Globally almost one third of adults with chronic non-cancer pain (CNCP) are
prescribed opioids. Prevention of opioid dependence among these patients is a public …

Background The opioid epidemic is a serious social, economic and public health problem.
This study was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of individual institutional opioid …