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Prescription monitoring office: stimulant prescriptions up among adults; opioid prescriptions steady after declines
Summary
Adam Birch, administrator of New Hampshire’s Prescription Drug Monitoring Program, told the Health and Human Services Oversight Committee on May 16 that clinician use of the PDMP rose 18 percent year‑over‑year while stimulant prescriptions increased among adults 30 and older and opioid prescriptions have declined then plateaued.
Adam Birch, administrator of New Hampshire’s Prescription Drug Monitoring Program, told the Health and Human Services Oversight Committee on May 16 that the program’s registrant count has been stable while clinician use of the system rose 18 percent year‑over‑year. Birch said opioid prescriptions fell substantially since 2017 and are now largely plateaued, while stimulant prescriptions have increased — particularly among adults aged 30 and older.
Birch said the PDMP shows a marked increase in stimulant prescriptions for adults 30 and over and that the largest growth in prescribing in 12 months was…
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