Minnesota Opioid Prescribing Guidelines

Minnesota Opioid Prescribing Guidelines First edition, 2018 March 30, 2018 An open letter to Minnesota s medical community: Minnesota , like the rest of the nation is facing an epidemic of Opioid misuse, abuse and overdose. In recent years, our state has experienced alarming increases in rates of hospitalizations, substance use disorder treatment admissions and overdose deaths related to opioids. From 2000 to 2016, the number of deaths in Minnesota caused by Opioid -related overdoses increased fourfold. Too many Minnesotans face the heartbreaking cycle of chronic pain and Opioid dependence that often results in a lower quality of life, or even worse, can lead to misuse, abuse, and overdose.

Mar 30, 2018 · opioid prescriptions per 100 adults in 2012 to 46.9 opioid prescriptions per 100 adults in 2016 (CDC, 2017). Decreases in prescribing rates are good news—and likely evidence that efforts to address inappropriate opioid prescribing are working—yet there remains a concerning amount of variation of prescribing behavior.

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