In a study of patients prescribed opioids after an emergency-department visit for acute pain, 92.5% reported having leftover pills, and 52.2% of prescribed pills were unused overall.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by peer-reviewed study (Pain Medicine, 2021) via PubMed and PMC full text, and consistent with CDC MMWR guideline citation of the same data. [tier=silver indep_score=0.925 clusters=2 claim_tier=notable]
Sources
- CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids ... (seed:health_and_medicine)
- https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/pm/pnaa048 (corroboration)
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32219431/ (corroboration)
- https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8599885 (corroboration)