Controlled Substance Agreements for Opioids in a Primary Care Practice

• Main Authors: Lindsey M. Philpot (Author), Priya Ramar (Author), Muhamad Y. Elrashidi (Author), Raphael Mwangi (Author), Frederick North (Author), Jon O. Ebbert (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2017-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background Opioids are widely prescribed for chronic non cancer pain (CNCP). Controlled substance agreements (CSAs) are intended to increase adherence and mitigate risk with opioid prescribing. We evaluated the demographic characteristics of and opioid dosing for patients with CNCP enrolled in C...