Overdose Epidemic, Prescription Monitoring Programs, and Public Health: A Review of State Laws.
review · Level V
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 26378849.
- Also identified by DOI 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302856 and PMC identifier 4605194.
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Abstract
Prescription monitoring programs (PMPs), state-level databases that collect patient-specific prescription information at the time medications are dispensed, have been suggested as tools to address the overdose epidemic. We reviewed all laws in the United States (n = 25) that articulated the purposes PMPs are intended to serve. Attributes related to reducing abuse, misuse, and diversion of prescription medications appeared most commonly. Only 5 purpose statements mentioned the promotion of public health as goals of the PMP, and only 3 listed improving health care. None listed overdose prevention as a goal of the PMP.
Medical subject headings
- Analgesics, Opioid
- Drug Overdose
- Drug and Narcotic Control
- Opioid-Related Disorders
- Prescription Drugs