Working to improve access to mental health and substance abuse treatment through implementation of the Affordable Care Act.Developing and evaluating programs and policies that prevent and treat prescription drug abuse and overdose, while making sure patients have access to safe, effective pain treatment.Educating health care providers and the public about prescription drug misuse, abuse, suicide, and overdose, and the risks for women.Tracking prescription drug overdose trends to better understand the epidemic.*”Prescription painkillers” refers to opioid or narcotic pain relievers, including drugs such as Vicodin (hydrocodone), Ox圜ontin (oxycodone), Opana (oxymorphone), and methadone. Use prescription drug monitoring programs to identify patients who may be improperly obtaining or using prescription painkillers and other drugs.Follow guidelines for responsible prescribing, including screening and monitoring for substance abuse and mental health problems.Recognize that women are at risk of prescription painkiller overdose.When prescribing painkillers, health care providers can Health care providers can help improve the way painkillers are prescribed while making sure women have access to safe, effective pain treatment. This rise relates closely to increased prescribing of these drugs during the past decade. Deaths from prescription painkiller overdose among women have risen more sharply than among men since 1999 the percentage increase in deaths was more than 400% among women compared to 265% in men. Prescription painkiller overdoses are an under-recognized and growing problem for women.Īlthough men are still more likely to die of prescription painkiller overdoses (more than 10,000 deaths in 2010), the gap between men and women is closing. About 18 women die every day of a prescription painkiller overdose in the US, more than 6,600 deaths in 2010.
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