CDC Drug Surveillance Report - Centers for Disease Control ...

Between 2006 and 2017, the annual prescribing rate for high dosage opioid prescriptions (≥ 90 morphine milligram equivalents [MME]/day) decreased from 11.5 to 5.0 prescriptions per 100 persons, an overall relative reduction of 56.5%. The proportion of opioid prescriptions that were high dosage declined from 15.9% in 2006 to 8.5% in 2017.

  Center, Equivalents, Morphine, Milligram, Morphine milligram equivalents