How I reduced opioid prescribing in my GP practice by more than 450,000mme in less than a year

摘要

Following advice from the Faculty of Pain Medicine (https://fpm.ac.uk/opioids-aware) and Royal College of Anaesthetists that opioid doses should no longer exceed 120mme (morphine milligram equivalents) per day, there has been a drive for primary care to lead on the opioid reduction challenge (https://www.gponline.com/toolkit-helps-gps-tackle-chronic-rise-opioid-prescribing/article/1584380) , but with little guidance on how to actually achieve this in the real world.