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A Proposed Opioid Tapering Tool

Benjamin Lai, Daniel Witt, Thomas Thacher and Terrence Witt
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine November 2020, 33 (6) 1020-1021; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2020.06.200076
Benjamin Lai
From the Department of Family Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (BL, TT); Alix School of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (DW); Department of Family Medicine, Mayo Clinic Health Systems–Northwest Wisconsin, Eau-Claire, WI (TW).
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Daniel Witt
From the Department of Family Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (BL, TT); Alix School of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (DW); Department of Family Medicine, Mayo Clinic Health Systems–Northwest Wisconsin, Eau-Claire, WI (TW).
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Thomas Thacher
From the Department of Family Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (BL, TT); Alix School of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (DW); Department of Family Medicine, Mayo Clinic Health Systems–Northwest Wisconsin, Eau-Claire, WI (TW).
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Terrence Witt
From the Department of Family Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (BL, TT); Alix School of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (DW); Department of Family Medicine, Mayo Clinic Health Systems–Northwest Wisconsin, Eau-Claire, WI (TW).
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