{"id":12291,"date":"2018-12-27T09:35:52","date_gmt":"2018-12-27T14:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=12291"},"modified":"2018-12-27T09:35:52","modified_gmt":"2018-12-27T14:35:52","slug":"opioid-tapering-guidelines-aggressive-and-unrealistic-experts-write","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=12291","title":{"rendered":"Opioid tapering guidelines &#8216;aggressive and unrealistic,&#8217; experts write"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Harrison Cook for <em>Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>Taking long-term opioid users off their prescription painkillers may be harmful, international health experts write in a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/painmedicine\/advance-article\/doi\/10.1093\/pm\/pny228\/5218985\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">letter<\/a>\u00a0published in\u00a0<em>Oxford Academic Pain Medicine<\/em>.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beckershospitalreview.com\/opioids\/opioid-tapering-guidelines-aggressive-and-unrealistic-experts-write.html\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/pills.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10356\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/pills-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/pills-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/pills.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre>Notice: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Harrison Cook for Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review) Taking long-term opioid users off their prescription painkillers may be harmful, international health<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-part-dprescription-drugs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12291"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12292,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12291\/revisions\/12292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}