Figure 3. Distribution of Initial Doses of New Opioid Prescriptions in Morphine Milligram Equivalents per Day in Each Year Among Patients Who Were Opioid Naive and Who Subsequently Received Opioids, United States, 2011-2017.

Preguideline indicates the 2016 release of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s “Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain”¹⁰; postguideline indicates after the release.