Association between household opioid prescriptions and risk for overdose among family members not prescribed opioids.
Alan T ArakkalLinnea A PolgreenCole G ChapmanJacob E SimmeringJoseph E CavanaughPhilip M PolgreenAaron C MillerPublished in: Pharmacotherapy (2023)
The presence of opioids in a household significantly increases the risk of overdose among other family members who were not prescribed an opioid. Higher levels of MMEs, either in terms of opioid strength or quantity, were associated with increased levels of risk. Risk estimates may reflect accidental poisonings among younger family members.
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