Opioid Prescribing Patterns Before Fatal Opioid Overdose

ConclusionsPrescribing patterns alone may not be sufficient to identify patients who are at high risk for opioid overdose, especially for those using illicit opioids. Interventions aimed at reducing opioid overdoses should take into account different patterns of opioid prescribing associated with illicit and prescription opioid overdose deaths and be designed around the local characteristics of the opioid overdose epidemic.
Source: American Journal of Preventive Medicine - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research