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THINGS YOU MAYNOT KNOW
ABOUT ACCIDENTAL OPIOID OVERDOSE
DRUG POISONING has now surpassed AUTOMOBILECOLLISIONS as the leadingcause of accidental death in the US, driven largely by prescription opioids2
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DEATH RATE
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238M PRESCRIPTIONS for opioid medications were �lled in 2011, up from 1 82M in 20011
OF OPIOID OVERDOSE DEATHS occur in medical users4
In 2010, there were
more than 13,000 of whichwere unintentional3
DEATHS CAUSED BYOPIOID OVERDOSE,16,651
60%
THAT’S ONE PERSON
EVERY 36 MINUTES
4
UP TO
1. Manchikanti L, Helm S 2nd, Fellows B, et al. Opioid epidemic in the United States. Pain Physician. 2012;15(3 Suppl):ES9–ES38. 2. National Center for Health Statistics. NCHS data on drug poisoning deaths. http://cdc.gov/nchs/data/factsheets/factsheet_drug_poisoning.pdf. Accessed May 16, 2014. 3. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Opioid-related deaths continue to increase. http://media.jsonline.com/images/OPIOIDS20GFIX.jpg. Accessed May 16, 2014. 4. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.CDC grand rounds: prescription drug overdoses—a U.S. epidemic. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2012;61:10–13. 5. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Policy Impact: Prescription Painkiller Overdose. November 2011.6. Boyer EW. Management of opioid analgesic overdose. N Engl J Med. 2012;367(2):146–155.7. Leavitt, SB. Intranasal naloxone for at-home opioid rescue. Pract Pain Manag. www.practicalpainmanagement.com/treatments/pharmacological/opioids
/intranasal-naloxone-home-opioid-rescue. Accessed May 16, 2014. 8. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Opioid overdose toolkit: information for prescribers. http://store.samhsa.gov/product/Opioid-Overdose
Prevention-Toolkit/SMA13–4742. Accessed May 16, 2014.
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Opioid medications have a relatively narrowtherapeutic window, meaning that even small changes
– such as a single extra dose or the addition of a small amount of alcohol –
CAN CAUSE A POTENTIALLY FATAL OVERDOSE
In the event of an opioid overdose, seek emergency medical attention
Taking certainmedications in combination
with an opioid
Having history of respiratory conditions
(such as asthma, COPD or sleep apnea)
High dosageof opioids
Some risk factors include7:
Very slow orabsent breathing
Loss of consciousness
Extremely small pupils
Some signs include8:
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475,000EMERGENCYDEPARTMENT VISITSin 2009 were due to the misuseand abuse of prescription opioids5 0
250K
500K
2004 2009