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Opioid use has decreased, but overdoses have increased: How is that possible?
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Opioid use has decreased, but overdoses have increased: How is that possible?

Opioid use has decreased, but overdoses have increased: How is that possible? Over the last decade, prescriptions for opioids have gone down significantly. Despite this, the number of drug related overdoses has increased. How can we have fewer prescriptions, fewer opioids and yet more people dying from overdoses? How does this impact our patients and prescribers?