Effect of a “pill mill” law on opioid prescribing and utilization: The case of Texas

•We model the impact of Texas’s 2010 ‘pill mill’ law.•We examine changes in morphine equivalent dose (MED), opioid volume, and number of prescriptions and pills.•We report significant declines in the outcomes examined.•Declines are concentrated among high-risk patients and prescribers. States have a...

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Published in:	Drug and alcohol dependence Vol. 159; pp. 190 - 197
Main Authors:	Lyapustina, Tatyana, Rutkow, Lainie, Chang, Hsien-Yen, Daubresse, Matthew, Ramji, Alim F., Faul, Mark, Stuart, Elizabeth A., Alexander, G. Caleb
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Ireland Elsevier Ireland Ltd 01.02.2016
Subjects:	Adult Analgesics, Opioid - therapeutic use Databases, Factual Drug Utilization - legislation & jurisprudence Drug Utilization - statistics & numerical data Drug Utilization - trends Female Humans Male Middle Aged Pill mill law Prescription Drug Misuse - legislation & jurisprudence Prescription drug monitoring Prescription pain medication Prescriptions - statistics & numerical data Psychiatry Texas Time series analysis Prescription drug monitoring Prescription pain medication Pill mill law Time series analysis
ISSN:	0376-8716, 1879-0046
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