As Opioid Prescriptions Fall, Prescriptions for Drugs to Treat Addiction Rise - The New York Times
'Over the course of 2016, high-dose prescriptions dropped by 14.3 percent and opioid prescriptions over all dropped by 1.5 percent. '
'WASHINGTON — The number of new monthly prescriptions for medications that treat opioid addiction nearly doubled over the past two years, according to new data, while prescriptions for opioid painkillers continued to decline. '
'The highest-dose prescriptions, equivalent to 90 milligrams or more of morphine daily, dropped even more sharply, by 16 percent. '
'The number of people newly prescribed opioid pain medicine declined by 7.8 percent over the course of 2017, according to the report, after rising by less than 1 percent the previous year. '
'Although the number of people taking medications to combat addiction is rising, it remains a small fraction of the roughly 2.6 million people believed to suffer from “opioid use disorder,” or addiction. '
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'Over the course of 2016, high-dose prescriptions dropped by 14.3 percent and opioid prescriptions over all dropped by 1.5 percent. '
'WASHINGTON — The number of new monthly prescriptions for medications that treat opioid addiction nearly doubled over the past two years, according to new data, while prescriptions for opioid painkillers continued to decline. '
'The highest-dose prescriptions, equivalent to 90 milligrams or more of morphine daily, dropped even more sharply, by 16 percent. '
'The number of people newly prescribed opioid pain medicine declined by 7.8 percent over the course of 2017, according to the report, after rising by less than 1 percent the previous year. '
'Although the number of people taking medications to combat addiction is rising, it remains a small fraction of the roughly 2.6 million people believed to suffer from “opioid use disorder,” or addiction. '
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