Injury Prevention Control: Opioid Overdose. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Injury Prevention Control: Opioid Overdose. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

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• Published April 2016

Injury Prevention & Control: Opioid Overdose.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Concerns about patient harm from prescription opioid misuse are increasing in the United States. This website provides guidelines for use of opioid medications and information to raise awareness about the need to improve physicians' prescribing decisions and patients' medication use.

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