Clinical Practice Guidelines for Opioid Therapy

Department of Health Services

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- Arizona Department of Health Services. (2018). Arizona Opioid Prescribing Guidelines. Arizona Department of Health Services, 10-14, 43-47.

Update
Reducing Opioid Overprescribing through
Procedure-specific Prescribing Guidelines

- Zhang, K. K., Blum, K. M., Chu, J. J., Sharma, S., Skoracki, R. J., Moore, A. M., Janis, J. E., & Barker, J. C. (2023). Reducing Opioid Overprescribing through Procedure-specific Prescribing Guidelines. Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open, 11(1), e4776. https://doi.org/10.1097/GOX.0000000000004776

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article References:
Edwards, K. A., Vowles, K. E., McHugh, R. K., Venner, K. L., & Witkiewitz, K. (2022). Changes in pain during buprenorphine maintenance treatment among patients with opioid use disorder and chronic pain. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 90(4), 314–325.

López-Martínez, A. E., Sainero-Tirado, G., Esteve, R., Reyes-Pérez, Á., Ruiz-Párraga, G. T., de la Vega, R., Serrano-Ibáñez, E. R., & Ramírez-Maestre, C. (2022). Does pain catastrophizing and distress intolerance mediate the relationship between PTSD and prescribed opioid misuse in people with chronic noncancer pain? Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. Advance online publication.

MacLean, R. R., Sofuoglu, M., Stefanovics, E., & Rosenheck, R. (2021). Opioid use disorder with chronic pain increases disease burden and service use. Psychological Services. Advance online publication.

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