5 Take-Aways from the AMA's Opioid Task Force 2019 Progress Report

  1. The number of opioid prescriptions in the U.S. fell 33% between 2013 and 2018
  2. by more than 80 million prescriptions.
  3. Between 2017 and 2018
  4. the number of opioid prescriptions in the U.S. fell 12.4%
  5. by 20 million prescriptions.
  6. In 2018
  7. physicians made over 460 million queries on state-based prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs)
  8. a 56% increase from 2017 and a 651% increase from 2014.
  9. In 2018
  10. there were more than 598
  11. 000 prescriptions for the opioid overdose antidote naloxone
  12. a 107% increase from 2017 and a 338% increase from 2016.
  13. Over 66
  14. 000 physicians and other health care providers currently have federal waivers to prescribe buprenorphine for in-office treatment of opioid use disorder.

Source: The American Medical Association, June 6, 2019 - https://www.end-opioid-epidemic.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/AMA-Opioid-Task-…

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