Spring 2018

Jo u r n a l Inside This Issue Mandated  Prescription Monitoring Program Usage  by Dentists 9 Opioid Prescribing and Drug Overdose Death in New Mexico 13 Opioid Prescribing: Acute and Postoperative Pain Management 17 Opioids in Clinical Practice…A 30 Year Perspective 24 NEW ME X I CO DENTA L Page 6 THE OFF ICIAL PUBL ICAT ION OF THE NEW MEXICO DENTAL ASSOCIAT ION • Spr ing 2018 Opioids: Then and Now