Joshua Fenton, MD, MPH
A new study has found that opioid tapering was associated with an approximately 50% increased incidence of overdose or withdrawal and a mental health crisis, compared with the period before.
“Previously, we published results showing that opioid tapering after long-term stable dosing was connected to overdose and mental health crisis events during a one-year follow-up period,” said principal investigator Joshua Fenton, MD, MPH, a professor and the vice chair of