%0 Journal Article
%T A Brief History of the Opioid Epidemic and Strategies for Pain Medicine
%A Alan D. Kaye
%A Jacquelin Peck
%A Jatinder S. Gill
%A Mark R. Jones
%A Omar Viswanath
%A Thomas T. Simopoulos
%J Archive of "Pain and Therapy".
%D 2018
%R 10.1007/s40122-018-0097-6
%X Annual opioid prescribing rates in the USA, 2006¨C2015; prescribing rates by number of daysĄŻ supply; average daily morphine milligram equivalent (MME) per prescription; and average number of daysĄŻ supply per prescription [4
%K Abuse deterrent formulations
%K Enhanced recovery after surgery
%K Non-opioid pain treatments
%K Opioid epidemic
%K Overdose
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5993682/