ED Prescriptions for Opioids Show Significant Increase in 10-Year Period
Patients presenting at hospital emergency departments (EDs) are far more likely to be prescribed an opioid than at the beginning of the 21st century, according to a new study. Authors of the report sounded an alarm about the more than 10% increase in opioid prescribing over a 10-year period, especially since ED visits for painful conditions rose only about 4%.
Learn which drug had prescriptions soar more than 600% during the study period.