Prescription opioid use is widespread. Here’s who is most vulnerable to misuse
Nearly 92 million adults in the U.S. used prescription opioids in 2015 — and some groups were particularly vulnerable to misusing them, a new study finds.
Nearly 92 million adults in the United States used prescription opioids in 2015 — and while the vast majority of those individuals used the medications according to their prescriptions, some groups are particularly vulnerable to opioid use disorders, a new study finds.
The , published Monday in Annals of Internal Medicine, analyzed federal health data from more than 72,000 non-institutionalized, civilian adults in the U.S. The authors found that nearly 38 percent of those individuals used opioids in 2015. They then
