Primary care physicians dispensed over 9 million opioid prescriptions in the U.S. in 2018 and around 133,612 naxolone prescriptions. Naxolone is used to block the effects of opioids and is used to treat opioid overdose.
Number of opioid and naloxone prescriptions dispensed in the U.S. in 2018, by prescriber specialty (per 100,000 population)*
* High dose opioid prescriptions which are defined ≥50 morphine milligram equivalents per day.
** Primary care includes family practice, general practice, and internal medicine.
*** Pain medicine includes anesthesiology, pain medicine, and physical medicine and rehabilitation.
^ Other includes clinical pharmacology, dermatology, dermatopathology, genetics, hospice and palliative medicine, medical microbiology, naturopathic doctor,
neurology, neurophysiology, nuclear medicine, nutrition, occupational medicine, optometry, otology, pathology, pharmacist, podiatry, psychology, radiology,
sports medicine, unspecified, and other. Pharmacists are included among other specialties given their limited ability to prescribe opioids.
^^ Medical subspecialties include allergy, cardiology, cardiovascular, diabetes, endocrinology, gastroenterology, hematology, hepatology, hospitalist, immunology,
infectious disease, nephrology, oncology, pulmonary disease, and rheumatology.
^^^ Includes dentists, endodontics, orthodontics, pedodontics, periodontics, and prosthodontics. Oral and maxillofacial surgery are classified as surgery.
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CDC, & MMWR. (August 9, 2019). Number of opioid and naloxone prescriptions dispensed in the U.S. in 2018, by prescriber specialty (per 100,000 population)* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1036773/opioid-and-naloxone-prescribing-number-us-by-prescriber-specialty/
CDC, und MMWR. "Number of opioid and naloxone prescriptions dispensed in the U.S. in 2018, by prescriber specialty (per 100,000 population)* ." Chart. August 9, 2019. Statista. Accessed December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1036773/opioid-and-naloxone-prescribing-number-us-by-prescriber-specialty/
CDC, MMWR. (2019). Number of opioid and naloxone prescriptions dispensed in the U.S. in 2018, by prescriber specialty (per 100,000 population)* . Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1036773/opioid-and-naloxone-prescribing-number-us-by-prescriber-specialty/
CDC, and MMWR. "Number of Opioid and Naloxone Prescriptions Dispensed in The U.S. in 2018, by Prescriber Specialty (per 100,000 Population)* ." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 Aug 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1036773/opioid-and-naloxone-prescribing-number-us-by-prescriber-specialty/
CDC & MMWR, Number of opioid and naloxone prescriptions dispensed in the U.S. in 2018, by prescriber specialty (per 100,000 population)* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1036773/opioid-and-naloxone-prescribing-number-us-by-prescriber-specialty/ (last visited December 30, 2024)
Number of opioid and naloxone prescriptions dispensed in the U.S. in 2018, by prescriber specialty (per 100,000 population)* [Graph], CDC, & MMWR, August 9, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1036773/opioid-and-naloxone-prescribing-number-us-by-prescriber-specialty/
