Patient-Centered Prescription Opioid Tapering in Community Outpatients With Chronic Pain

Patient-Centered Prescription Opioid Tapering in Community Outpatients With Chronic Pain The risks associated with prescription opioids are well described.1,2 Although reducing opioid use is a national priority, existing opioid tapering models use costly interdisciplinary teams that are largely inaccessible to patients and their physicians.3,4 Patients and physicians need solutions to successfully reduce long-term prescription opioid dosages in settings without behavioral services. We conducted a study of voluntary, patient-centered opioid tapering in outpatients with chronic pain without behavioral treatment.