Prescription Opioid Use and Misuse: 10 Myths or Facts

The CDC recently published a report on changes in national- and county-level opioid prescribing between 2006 and 2015.See if you know Myths from Facts about the ebb and flow of opioid use and misuse in the United States. Click through this slide challenge created by pain specialist Steven A. King, MD, MS. Image credits: Slide background: ©amasterphotographer/Shutterstock.com; Unicorn, ©Lifeking/Shutterstock.com; Green check:©MisterEMil/Shutterstock.com

References:

• Guy GP, Zhang K, Bohm MK, et al. Vital signs: changes in opioid prescribing in the United States, 2006-20015. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkyly Rep. 2017;66:697-704. https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/66/wr/mm6626a4.htm
• Shah A, Hayes CJ, Martin BC. Characteristics of initial prescription episodes and likelihood of long-term opioid use-United States, 2006-2015. Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2017;66:265-269. https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/66/wr/mm6610a1.htm
• CDC. Opioid overdose. Prescribing Data. https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/data/prescribing.html
• Davis MA, Lin LA, Liu H, et al. Prescription opioid use among adults with mental disorders in the United States. J Am Board Fam Med. 2017;30(4);doi:10.3122/jabfm.2017.04.170112.