DIA DEEP DIVE: Tapering Long-Term Opioid Use

When and how fast should we course-correct a patient’s chronic pain therapy? After massive over-prescription, physicians feel increasingly pressured to prescribe fewer opioids. But some patients have suffered along the way. On October 10, 2019, the US Department of Health and Human Services published a new guide to help physicians lower doses of long-term opioids slowly and safely.