Citation

Rosenberg K. Am. J. Nurs. 2020; 120(7): e50.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020, American Nurses Association, Publisher Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1097/01.NAJ.0000688240.73764.be

PMID

32590600

Abstract

According to this study:

Patients are at greater risk for death from overdose or suicide after stopping opioid treatment, and this risk increases the longer a patient has been treated.

Close monitoring of patients for up to a year after stopping treatment may be warranted.

Language: en