Primary Care & Specialist Prescribing Guidelines

6.Limit each opioid prescription to 28 days (exactly four weeks), writing this on the prescription (e.g. “must last 28 days”). Writing for a 28-day quantity and making sure this is scheduled for a Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday every 4 weeks, reduces the problems of refills being sought on weekends or holidays, and requests for early refills because the patient will be running out on a ... ................
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