Can prescription drug monitoring programs help limit opioid abuse?

RIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS,EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS,ONcologists, orthopedic surgeons, and other physicians are at the frontline of providing pain therapy for patients with acute illness and rescue treatments for patients with exacerbations of chronic pain. Increasingly, this role is compromised by concerns about the prevalenceofopioidabuseanddiversionofprescribedmedi