Opioid Tapering

• ‘Unintended consequences’: Why taking patients off opioids quickly can be dangerous

  New opioid-prescribing guidelines are often misinterpreted by doctors, experts say, causing patients harm.

  Health

  Oct 13, 2019
  
• University of Calgary, AHS launch course to help doctors taper patients off opioids

  The University of Calgary and Alberta Health Services launched a course for doctors to learn how to properly prescribe and taper patients off opioids on Monday.

  Health

  Jun 10, 2019
  
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• Force a patient off opioid painkillers, and you could set people up for worse harm: experts

  Rapid forced tapering can destabilize patients, lead to a worsening of pain, precipitate severe opioid withdrawal symptoms and cause a profound loss of function.

  Health

  Dec 25, 2018