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Opioid Dose Trajectories and Associations With Mortality, Opioid Use Disorder, Continued Opioid Therapy, and Health Plan Disenrollment
These findings suggest clinicians and patients should carefully weigh the long-term risks and benefits of opioid dose increases and decreases compared with maintaining stable opioid dosing.
Long-term Risk of Overdose or Mental Health Crisis After Opioid Dose Tapering
These findings suggest that opioid dose tapering was associated increased risks of overdose-withdrawal and mental health crisis that persisted up to 2 years after taper initiation.
