Pain medicine : the official journal of the American Academy of Pain Medicine
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study
Reasons for Opioid Discontinuation and Unintended Consequences Following Opioid Discontinuation Within the TOPCARE Trial.
To identify reasons for opioid discontinuation and post-discontinuation outcomes among patients in the Transforming Opioid Prescribing in Primary Care (TOPCARE) study. ⋯ The decreased follow-up among TOPCARE intervention patients who discontinued opioids highlights the need to understand unintended consequences of involuntary opioid discontinuations resulting from interventions to reduce opioid risk.