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Study finds increased risk for overdose among patients who fill an opioid prescription and their family members

8-mg dose of naloxone hydrochloride nasal spray now approved with 2-mg and 4-mg doses

Increase largely driven by illicitly manufactured fentanyl and other synthetic opioids

Increases seen in urban and rural counties from 1999 to 2019; rates higher in rural versus urban counties for five states in 2019

However, from March 15 to Oct. 10, 2020, higher median emergency department visit rates seen when compared with 2019

Highest rates within each sex seen for non-Hispanic American Indian or Alaska Native individuals, followed by non-Hispanic Whites

And age-adjusted rate of drug overdose deaths increased from 20.7 to 21.6 per 100,000 from 2018 to 2019

Cash-paid prescriptions declined significantly, but no significant changes seen in those paid by public or private insurance

More than 81,000 drug overdose deaths occurred in the U.S. in 12 months ending May 2020, representing highest number ever

Suspected heroin overdoses decreased among youth aged 15 to 24 years from April 2016 to September 2019