Rutgers University: New Jersey Regulation Not Associated With Curbed Opioid Prescriptions Or Shortened Usage
February 21, 2023
February 21, 2023
NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, Feb. 21 (TNSjou) -- Rutgers University issued the following news:
Regulation designed to reduce prescription opioid pain medications in New Jersey may not have had the intended effect: A Rutgers analysis of Medicaid records found that progression from short-term to long-term opioid use did not decline following new legislation capping initial prescriptions for acute pain to five days.
Total new prescriptions fell at a monthly rate of 0.76 per . . .
Regulation designed to reduce prescription opioid pain medications in New Jersey may not have had the intended effect: A Rutgers analysis of Medicaid records found that progression from short-term to long-term opioid use did not decline following new legislation capping initial prescriptions for acute pain to five days.
Total new prescriptions fell at a monthly rate of 0.76 per . . .