Use of prescription drug monitoring program data to evaluate and reduce veterans risk of opioid overdose (Abstract 65) - Carlson K, Gilbert T, Mastarone G, Cook L.

PURPOSE Veterans using Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare have twice the risk of fatal prescription drug overdose (PDO) than non-Veterans. This elevated risk may be related to Veteran receipt of opioid prescriptions from both inside and outside the VA system...

Source: SafetyLit - April 7, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news