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Total national prescription opioid use has declined by 60% from the peak volume in 2011 after another year of double-digit decline that is expected in 2020, according to the latest report from the IQVIA™ Institute for Human Data Science,
Prescription Opioid Trends in the United States: Measuring and Understanding Progress in the Opioid Crisis.
Decreases in prescription opioid volume over the past nine years have been driven by changes in clinical use, regulatory and reimbursement policies, and in progressively more restrictive legislation enacted since 2012. The declines have been greatest in the highest doses of prescription opioids over 90 morphine milligrams equivalents per day which present the highest risk of opioid use disorder.
Dec 17, 2020 13:00 UTC
Prescription Opioid Use in the U.S. has Declined by 60% from 2011 Peak, According to New Report from the IQVIA™ Institute for Human Data Science DANBURY, Conn. & RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. (Business Wire) Total national prescription opioid use has declined by 60% from the peak volume in 2011 after another year of double-digit decline that is expected in 2020, according to the latest report from the IQVIA™ Institute for Human Data Science,
Prescription Opioid Trends in the United States: Measuring and Understanding Progress in the Opioid Crisis.
Decreases in prescription opioid volume over the past nine years have been driven by changes in clinical use, regulatory and reimbursement policies, and in progressively more restrictive legislation enacted since 2012. The declines have been greatest in the highest doses of prescription opioids over 90 morphine milligrams equivalents per day which present the highest risk of opioid use disorder.
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