Abstracts tagged "Arthritis and opioids"

Abstract Number: 2185 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Prevalence and Trends in Prescribed Opioid Use Among US Adults with Arthritis, 2008-2013, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
Jennifer M. Hootman¹, Miriam Cisternas², Louise Murphy³ and Jan Losby⁴, ¹Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Kennesaw, GA, ²MCG Data Services, Carlsbad, CA, ³Division of Population Health, Centers for Disease and Control, Atlanta, GA, ⁴Division of Unintential Injury Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
Background/Purpose: <span">Since 1999, overuse deaths from opioids in the US has quadrupled with prescription use driving the epidemic. From 1999 to 2014, more than…