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. 2021 May 26;8(3):393–406. doi: 10.1007/s40801-021-00253-8
There were significant increasing trends of opioid overdose at the US inpatient care setting from 2009 to 2017, showing an ongoing need for opioid overdose prevention
Different prescription opioids were associated with opioid overdose to different extents, indicating a necessity to differentiate prescription opioids during prescribing
The optimal properties underlying reduced overdose effects mined from the large-scale, real-world electronic health records hold significant potential to guide the development of better opioids with reduced overdose effects