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Alternatives to Opioids: A Missing Piece of the Strategy

29 Aug 2023

Although numerous strategies have been implemented to slow the issuance of opioid prescriptions, little attention has been given to providing effective nonopioid alternatives for people in pain at the point when they initially seek care. Opioid settlement funds should be directed toward strategies that decrease clinically unnecessary opioid use, specifically by better leveraging evidence-based, nonpharmacological pain management.
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Authors

Maiers, Michele J., Stein, Bradley D., Burdick, Ryan R., Herman, Patricia M.

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Division
RAND Health Care RAND-USC Schaeffer Opioid Policy Tools and Information Center
Pages
20
Published in
United States
RAND Identifier
PE-A2628-1
RAND Type
report
Rights
RAND Corporation
Series
Perspectives
Source
https://www.rand.org/pubs/perspectives/PEA2628-1.html

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