These actions also protect patients at the highest risk for overdose, and equip doctors with the tools and information needed to treat patients safely and appropriately. Key policy options include:. Maintain and strengthen PDMPs, including making them interoperable, which ensures providers have real-time access to PDMP data, and provides unsolicited reports to prescribers, pharmacists, licensing boards and law enforcement agencies.
Consider pain clinic laws that aim to prevent inappropriate prescribing of painkillers and regulate pain clinics that operate using inappropriate medical and prescribing practices. Ensure that providers follow evidence-based guidelines for safe and effective use of prescription painkillers. Encourage healthcare provider licensure boards to enforce licensing standards proactively when inappropriate prescribing patterns are detected.
CDC and other federal and state agencies have resources and information available to help prevent prescription drug overdoses before they occur. Minus Related Pages. Drug Overdose Deaths Remain High. Drug Overdose Death Rate Maps. Overdose Rate Change Maps. Overdose Rate Change Graphs.
Data Sources. Related Pages. To receive email updates about this topic, enter your email address: Email Address. The bars are overlaid by lines showing the number of deaths involving cocaine in combination with synthetic opioids other than methadone primarily fentanyl or without any opioid.
The number of deaths in combination with synthetic opioids other than methadone has been increasing steadily since and is the main driver of cocaine-involved overdose deaths Source: CDC WONDER. Figure 8. Drug overdose deaths involving benzodiazepines rose from 1, in to 11, in Between and , deaths declined to 9, The bars are overlaid by lines showing the number of deaths involving benzodiazepines in combination with synthetic opioids other than methadone primarily fentanyl or without any opioid Source: CDC WONDER.
Figure 9. Drug overdose deaths involving antidepressants has risen steadily from 1, in to 5, in Since then, deaths have remained steady with 5, in The bars are overlaid by lines showing the number of deaths involving antidepressants in combination with synthetic opioids other than methadone primarily fentanyl or without any opioid involvement Source: CDC WONDER. National Institutes of Health.
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