title: Windmills and pill mills: can PDMPs tilt the prescription drug epidemic?
abstract: Prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) are state-based registries of prescriptions for specific controlled substances. This overview will describe the history and funding of these databases, address those characteristics thought to be of greatest utility for PDMPs and review current literature regarding PDMP effectiveness and their potential limitations. Although more extensive research on PDMP outcomes is needed, these databases are an essential component in ongoing efforts to establish safe and compassionate prescription opioid stewardship.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. hallamg@gmail.com
authors.forename: Hallam
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gugelmann
authors.forename: Jeanmarie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Perrone
authors.forename: Lewis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Nelson
mesh_terms: D016208:Databases, Factual; D017723:Drug Utilization Review / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004335:Drug and Narcotic Control / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D063487:Prescription Drug Misuse; D055553:Prescription Drugs / Q000494:pharmacology; D012042:Registries; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D055553:Prescription Drugs