Table 2.
Reasons for prescription | No. (%) |
---|---|
High dose opioid | 38 (28.6) |
Long-term opioid use | 16 (12.0) |
Opioid use with concurrent benzodiazepine use | 8 (6.0) |
Opioid use with known/suspected alcohol use | 1 (0.8) |
Current poly-opioid use | 7 (5.3) |
History of opioid abuse/misuse | 20 (15.0) |
Patient request for naloxone | 75 (56.4) |
Othera | 21 (15.7) |
First prescription | 119 (89.5) |
Other: household risk, other substance use