CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain--United States, 2016.
- Deborah Dowell, Tamara M. Haegerich, R. Chou
- Medicine, PsychologyJAMA
- 28 January 2016
This guideline is intended to improve communication about benefits and risks of opioids for chronic pain, improve safety and effectiveness of pain treatment, and reduce risks associated with long-term opioid therapy.
CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain - United States, 2016.
- Deborah Dowell, Tamara M. Haegerich, R. Chou
- MedicineMMWR Recommendations and Reports
- 18 March 2016
This guideline is intended to improve communication between clinicians and patients about the risks and benefits of opioid therapy for chronic pain, improve the safety and effectiveness of pain treatment, and reduce the risks associated with long-term opioid therapy, including opioid use disorder, overdose, and death.
Vital Signs: Changes in Opioid Prescribing in the United States, 2006–2015
- G. Guy, Kun Zhang, Deborah Dowell
- MedicineMMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report
- 7 July 2017
Despite reductions in opioid prescribing in some parts of the country, the amount of opioids prescribed remains high relative to 1999 levels and varies substantially at the county-level, and health care providers should carefully weigh the benefits and risks when prescribing opioids.
Mandatory Provider Review And Pain Clinic Laws Reduce The Amounts Of Opioids Prescribed And Overdose Death Rates.
- Deborah Dowell, Kun Zhang, R. Noonan, J. Hockenberry
- MedicineHealth Affairs
- 1 October 2016
Combined implementation of mandated provider review of state-run prescription drug monitoring program data and pain clinic laws reduced opioid amounts prescribed and prescription opioid and heroin overdose death rates in the United States during 2006-13.
Contribution of Opioid-Involved Poisoning to the Change in Life Expectancy in the United States, 2000-2015
- Deborah Dowell, E. Arias, G. Baldwin
- MedicineJAMA
- 19 September 2017
Increases in poisonings have been reported to have reduced life expectancy for non-Hispanic white individuals in the United States from 2000 to 2014 and specific contributions to changes in US life expectancy since 2000 are unknown.
No Shortcuts to Safer Opioid Prescribing.
- Deborah Dowell, Tamara M. Haegerich, R. Chou
- Medicine, Political ScienceNew England Journal of Medicine
- 24 April 2019
The CDC’s 2016 Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain has been embraced by the medical and health policy communities, but some policies and practices purportedly derived from the guideline have been inconsistent with its recommendations.
Underlying Factors in Drug Overdose Deaths.
- Deborah Dowell, R. Noonan, D. Houry
- MedicineJAMA
- 19 December 2017
Increases are greatest forover-doses related to the category including illicitly manufactured fentanyl (ie, synthetic opioids excluding methadone), which more than doubled, accounting for more than 20 000 overdose deaths in 2016 vs less than 10 000 deaths in 2015.
Opioid analgesics--risky drugs, not risky patients.
- Deborah Dowell, H. Kunins, T. Farley
- Medicine, PsychologyJAMA
- 5 June 2013
Prescription opioid use is much more common than previously believed and has been estimated to affect more than one-third of patients with chronic pain, and death from opioid overdose becomes more likely at higher doses if opioids are increased gradually over time.
Improving journal club presentations, or, I can present that paper in under 10 minutes
- M. Schwartz, Deborah Dowell, Jaclyn Aperi, A. Kalet
- MedicineACP Journal Club
- 30 May 2007
Ten step guideline to help journal club presenters increase efficiency in assessing a study’s validity and results and to increase confidence in limiting a presentation to the core essentials are used.
Evaluation of the New York City breakfast in the classroom program.
- G. Van Wye, Hannah Seoh, T. Adjoian, Deborah Dowell
- MedicineAmerican Journal of Public Health
- 9 September 2013
Offering BIC reduced the percentage of students not eating in the morning but may contribute to excess calorie intake, and more evaluation of BIC's impact on overweight and obesity is needed before more widespread implementation.
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