Mandatory review of a prescription drug monitoring program and impact on opioid and benzodiazepine dispensing

Winstanley, Erin L.; Zhang, Yifan; Mashni, Rebecca; Schnee, Sydney; Penm, Jonathan; Boone, Jill; McNamee, Cameron; MacKinnon, Neil J.

doi:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2018.03.036

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Mandatory review of a prescription drug monitoring program and impact on opioid and benzodiazepine dispensing

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May 01 2018
By Winstanley, Erin L. ; Zhang, Yifan ; Mashni, Rebecca ; ...

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Alternative Title:

Drug Alcohol Depend
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Winstanley, Erin L. ; Zhang, Yifan ; Mashni, Rebecca ; Schnee, Sydney ; Penm, Jonathan ; Boone, Jill ; McNamee, Cameron ; MacKinnon, Neil J.
Description:

Background

The purpose of this study is to determine whether Ohio House Bill 341, which mandated the use of Ohio’s Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP), was an effective regulatory strategy to reduce opioid and benzodiazepine dispensing.

Method

Secondary analysis of Ohio’s PDMP data on prescription opioids and benzodiazepines dispensed from November 2014 to March 2017. An interrupted time series analysis was conducted to determine if there was a significant change in the quantity of opioids and benzodiazepines dispensed.

Results

After HB341 became effective in April 2015, there was a statistically significant decrease in the monthly quantity (number of pills) opioids and benzodiazepines dispensed in Ohio. There was a modest increase in the mean days’ supply of opioids and no change in the mean morphine equivalent dose.

Conclusions

Legislation in Ohio requiring prescribers to check the PDMP was effective in reducing the quantity of opioids and benzodiazepines dispensed.
Subjects:

Analgesics, Opioid Article Benzodiazepines Dispensing Drug Utilization Review Humans Interrupted Time Series Analysis Ohio Policy Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs Prescription Opioids
Source:

Drug Alcohol Depend. 188:169-174
Pubmed ID:

29778769
Pubmed Central ID:

PMC6528173
Document Type:

Journal Article
Funding:

U17 CE002738/CE/NCIPC CDC HHS/United States ; U54 GM104942/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States
Volume:

188
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CDC Public Access
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