In one of the first looks at privately insured patients with opioid problems, researchers paint a grim picture: Medical services for people with opioid dependence diagnoses skyrocketed more than 3,000% between 2007 and 2014 (Figures 1 & 2).
Figure 1. Year-over-year opioid results from 2007 to 2014.
Source: FAIR Health
Figure 2. Heroin overdoses compared to opioid overdoses excluding heroin, by age, from 2009 to 2014.
Source: FAIR Health
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