Pharmacists: On the Front Lines: Addressing Prescription Opioid Abuse and Overdose

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• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  Sales of prescription opioids in the U.S. nearly from 1999 to 2014, QUADRUPLED, but the amount of pain Americans reported remained UNCHANGED. ; Pharmacists are an essential part of the health care team. On the front lines of dispensing opioid pain medications and providing medication-related services, pharmacists can serve as a first line of defense by engaging in prevention and treatment efforts of opioid use disorder and overdose. ; Publication date from document properties. ; pharmacists_brochure-a.pdf
• Subjects:
  • Analgesics, Opioid
  • Chronic Pain
  • Drug Overdose
  • Drug Prescriptions
  • Inappropriate Prescribing
  • Opioid-Related Disorders
  • Pharmacists
  • Substance-Related Disorders
• Document Type:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Pages in Document:
  2 unnumbered pages which, if folded, would make a 6 page pamphlet
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/43485/cdc_43485_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.16 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
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