Open AccessThe Impact of Morphine Equivalent Daily Dose Threshold Guidelines on Prescribed Dose in a Workers’ Compensation Population
Author(s) -
Sara E. Heins,
Renan C. Castillo
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
medical care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.632
H-Index - 178
eISSN - 1537-1948
pISSN - 0025-7079
DOI - 10.1097/mlr.0000000000001269
Subject(s) - medicine , opioid , guideline , medical prescription , population , workers' compensation , methadone , emergency medicine , compensation (psychology) , environmental health , anesthesia , nursing , psychology , receptor , pathology , psychoanalysis
Prescription opioid overdose has increased markedly and is of great concern among injured workers receiving workers' compensation insurance. Given the association between high daily dose of prescription opioids and negative health outcomes, state workers' compensation boards have disseminated Morphine Equivalent Daily Dose (MEDD) guidelines to discourage high-dose opioid prescribing.