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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Reduce the proportion of people who misused a prescription pain reliever in the past year — SU‑19

Status: Little or no detectable change

  
Little or no detectable change
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Most Recent Data:
3.5 percent (2019)

Target:
3.3 percent

Desired Direction:
Decrease desired

Baseline:
3.6 percent of persons aged 12 years and over reported misuse of a prescription pain reliever in the past 12 months in 2018

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Reduce the proportion of prescription pain reliever misuse in the past year

Target-Setting Method
Minimal statistical significance

Data Source:  National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), SAMHSA

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Summary

Misuse of prescription opioids can cause opioid use disorder and overdose deaths. Improving opioid prescribing practices and increasing safe disposal of unused opioids can help reduce prescription opioid misuse.

Topics:  Drug and Alcohol Use, Chronic Pain

Workgroup: Substance Use Workgroup

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