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Section 1
Prescription Opioid Use Epidemic

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National Institute on Drug Abuse
National Institutes of Health
U.S. Department of Health and Human Service

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- Jones, C.M.; Einstein E.B.; Compton W.M. Changes in Synthetic Opioid Involvement in Drug Overdose Deaths in the United States. National Institute on Drug Abuse; National Institutes of Health; and U.S. Department of Health and Human Service. 2010-2016, 2018, p. 1.

Update
The Growing Epidemic
of Opioid Use Disorder
in the Elderly and Its Treatment:
A Review of the Literature

- Konakanchi, J. S., & Sethi, R. (2023). The Growing Epidemic of Opioid Use Disorder in the Elderly and Its Treatment: A Review of the Literature. The primary care companion for CNS disorders, 25(1), 21r03223. https://doi.org/10.4088/PCC.21r03223

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article References:
Angier, H., Fleishman, J., Gordon, L., Cohen, D. J., Cantone, R. E., & Bailey, S. R. (2021). Tier-based treatment for opioid use disorder in the primary care setting. Families, Systems, & Health, 39(2), 345–350.

McHugh, R. K., Nguyen, M. D., Fitzmaurice, G. M., & Dillon, D. G. (2020). Behavioral strategies to reduce stress reactivity in opioid use disorder: Study design. Health Psychology, 39(9), 806–814.

Oliva, E. M., Bowe, T., Tavakoli, S., Martins, S., Lewis, E. T., Paik, M., Wiechers, I., Henderson, P., Harvey, M., Avoundjian, T., Medhanie, A., & Trafton, J. A. (2017). Development and applications of the Veterans Health Administration’s Stratification Tool for Opioid Risk Mitigation (STORM) to improve opioid safety and prevent overdose and suicide. Psychological Services, 14(1), 34–49. 

Urmanche, A. A. (2020). Bearing witness to the epidemic: Supporting clinicians after a client overdose death. Practice Innovations. Advance online publication. 

QUESTION 1
What percent of deaths involving Synthetic Opioids is due to Prescription Opioids? To select and enter your answer go to Test.