Intended and unintended consequences: Changes in opioid prescribing practices following two policies in North Carolina, 2012–2018 – A controlled interrupted time series analysis

Poster presented at the 38th International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology & Therapeutic Risk Management. Objective: To understand the extent to which unintended prescribing consequences followed implementation of two statewide opioid prescribing policies among privately insured, opioid-naïve individuals in North Carolina between 2012 and 2018

Association of opioid dose reduction with opioid overdose and opioid use disorder among patients on high-dose long-term opioid therapy in North Carolina

Presentation at the 38th International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology [ICPE]. Objective: to characterize the association between rapid reduction or abrupt discontinuation of opioid therapy* and incidence of opioid overdose and OUD among patients receiving high-dose long-term opioid therapy (HDLTOT). [* vs maintained or gradual reduction