Peter Kreiner

TL;DR: The scope of this public health crisis, its historical context, contributing factors, and lines of evidence indicating the role of addiction in exacerbating morbidity and mortality, are described, and a framework for interventions to address the epidemic of opioid addiction is provided.

TL;DR: The trend in opioid prescribing rates with age is consistent with an increase in the prevalence of chronic pain with age, but the increasing prescribing rates of benzodiazepines withAge is not consistent with the fact that anxiety is most common among persons aged 30-44 years.

TL;DR: 11 years of Massachusetts PMP data are analyzed to evaluate trends in opioid prescribing, dispensing, and usage.

TL;DR: Findings indicate that PDMP mandates have the potential to reduce risky opioid prescribing practices and variation in the laws may explain why the effectiveness varied between states.

TL;DR: For the few high prescribers, increasing the maximum patient limit beyond 100 has the potential to improve access but alone may not have widespread impact unless integrated into complementary approaches toward increasing prescriber capacity.