Introduction Despite opioid prescribing for chronic non‐cancer pain (CNCP) having limited
therapeutic benefits, recent evidence indicates significant increases in the prescribing of …

Background: Data on naloxone coprescription mandates show mixed evidence for fatal
overdoses in the broader population. How these mandates have impacted surgical patients …

Background Risk of fatal drug overdose is higher in pregnant and postpartum people with
substance use disorder (SUD) than for nonpregnant women of reproductive age. It is …

Confirming early fears of accelerated drug overdose deaths in 2020, over 93,000 Americans
died last year of a drug overdose—the greatest overdose-involved loss of life in a single …

Co-prescription of naloxone in patients prescribed opioids after hospital stays in the USA Co-prescription
of naloxone in patients prescribed opioids after hospital stays in the USA Br J Anaesth. 2024 …

Background Surgeon-prescribed opioids contribute to 11% of prescription drug overdoses in
the United States (US). With prescription opioids involved in 24% of all opioid-related …

Purpose The primary objective of this study was to estimate the percentage of opioid
analgesic (OA) prescriptions dispensed by Kentucky independent pharmacies with correctly …

Over 10,000 older adults died from opioid overdose in 2019. Naloxone is an underutilized
antidote that could prevent many opioid overdose-related deaths. There is a paucity of …

Prescription opioid misuse remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality associated
with drug overdose. Researchers, government agencies, public health interests, and …

Background In a previous statewide naloxone purchase trial conducted in Massachusetts,
we documented high levels of naloxone accessibility, upon patient request, under the state's …