Factors related to increased NMPO use Sample Clauses

Factors related to increased NMPO use. The factors that precipitated increased NMPO use and related outcomes are varied and interrelated. An understanding of these factors informs future investigations of shifts in opioid use. In brief, the publication of several studies underscored the individual medical and social consequences of untreated pain and argued that the medical community was under-treating chronic and post-surgical pain (Brennan, Carr, & Cousins, 2007; Cousins, Brennan, & Xxxx, 2004; Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxx, 1986; Verhaak, Kerssens, Dekker, Sorbi, & Xxxxxxx, 1998). These studies contended that patients with chronic pain could take opioids on a long-term basis with little risk of abuse, which led to more liberal prescribing policies (Dhalla, Persaud, & Juurlink, 2011; Xxxxxx & Xxxx, 1980; Zacny et al., 2003). State medical boards lessened restrictions on prescribing practices and the American Pain Society advocated for the treatment of pain as a fifth vital sign, which led to increased prescribing and greater PO availability (Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxx, 2003; Manchikanti, 2007; Xxxxxxxx et al.,
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