Among commercially insured patients with a previous opioid overdose, repeated overdose within 2 years occurred in 17% of those prescribed 100 MME/day or more, 15% of those prescribed 50–100 MME/day, 9% of those prescribed less than 50 MME/day, and 8% of those prescribed no opioids.
Sources
- CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
- https://www.uptodate.com/contents/prescription-drug-misuse-epidemiology-prevention-identification-and-management/abstract/46 (uptodate.com)
- https://scholars.duke.edu/publication/1492495 (scholars.duke.edu)
- https://www.foxnews.com/health/many-continue-to-receive-opioid-prescriptions-after-overdose (foxnews.com)
- https://www.recoveryanswers.org/research-post/rates-of-repeated-overdose-linked-to-opioid-prescribing-after-non-fatal-overdoses/ (recoveryanswers.org)
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