This article was updated 10/6/2020.
Among privately insured patients aged 12 to 21 years with opioid prescriptions, daily opioid dosage, concurrent benzodiazepine use, extended-release/long-acting opioid use, mental health disorders and substance use disorders (SUDs) were independently associated with an increased risk for prescription opioid overdose, according to the findings of a retrospective cohort study.
“Patients with combined mental health and substance use disorders were roughly