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title: "Did You Know: Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP)"
description: IWP is a part of a 50-state Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMP). This tool helps identify and defer drug abuse and diversion.
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# [Did You Know: Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP)](https://www.iwpharmacy.com/blog/did-you-know-prescription-drug-monitoring-program-pdmp)

 Written by [Kellie Collier](https://www.iwpharmacy.com/blog/author/kellie-collier) | Jun 7, 2016 4:30:00 PM

At IWP, we are part of a 49-state prescription drug monitoring program, or [PDMP](https://www.iwpharmacy.com/blog/what-is-the-pdmp). The PDMP is a tool used by states to watch for prescription drug abuse, addiction and diversion.

**The benefits of a PDMP system are:**

- Supports access to [controlled substances](https://www.iwpharmacy.com/blog/what-is-a-controlled-substance) for legitimate medical use
- Identifies and defers or prevents drug abuse and diversion
- Facilitates and encourages the identification, intervention with, and treatment of persons addicted to prescription drugs
- Informs public health agencies by outlining abuse trends
- Educates individuals about PDMPs and the use, abuse and diversion of prescription drugs

The prescription drug monitoring program provides healthcare workers nationwide with information about prescriptions that are being filled: their strengths, dosages and quantities; the prescribing physicians; the pharmacies that are filling them; and when they are being filled. Through the [NABP PMP InterConnect system](https://nabp.pharmacy/members/pmp-interconnect/) we can now link the information gathered from the PDMP across 32 state lines that currently have this system.

This information ultimately helps to deter the diversion of drugs.

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