Guideline adherence and reasons for recommending dose reduction in a primary care-based opioid management clinic.
Guideline adherence and reasons for recommending dose reduction in a primary care-based opioid management clinic.
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10.5055/jom.2021.0682
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2021-11
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Starrels, Joanna L
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Khalid, Laila;Roth, Serena;Zhang, Chenshu;Burkenroad, Aaron;Carrozzi, Gianni;Starrels, Joanna L
To provide CDC guideline-recommended practices for patients on long-term opioid therapy (LTOT) including individualized decisions about opioid dose reduction, we developed the Power Over Pain (POP) Clinic. To describe frequency and reasons for opioid dose reduction and pre-post adherence to CDC guideline-recommended practices. Retrospective chart review with qualitative and pre-post analysis. Patients at an urban internal medicine teaching practice prescribed LTOT were seen at POP Clinic at least once. Opioid dose reduction was defined by reduction in morphine-equivalent daily dose (MEDD) at 6 and 12 months after the first POP Clinic visit, using paired t-tests. Among patients with a dose reduction, reasons documented in POP Clinic notes were qualitatively examined. Dichotomous measures of receiving four CDC guideline-recommended practices [controlled substance agreement (CSA), urine drug testing (UDT), prescription monitoring program review, and naloxone dispensing) at baseline vs. 6 and 12 months were compared using McNemar’s tests. Of 70 patients, most were female (66%) and Hispanic (54%). Forty-three patients (61%) had an opioid dose reduction in 12 months after the first POP Clinic visit. The most frequent reason was low or unclear benefit of continuing the current dose (49%). Mean MEDD was reduced from 69mg to 57mg at 6 months (p<0.01) and to 56mg at 12 months (p<0.01). Completing a CSA, UDT, and naloxone distribution increased at 6 and 12 months (p<0.01). Individualized risk assessment in a primary care-based opioid management clinic is feasible and can result in opioid dose reduction and guideline adherence.