Number of patients with at least one opioid prescription U.S. 2014-2018

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Matej Mikulic,
May 28, 2021
This statistic depicts the estimates of the total annual number of patients with at least one opioid prescription in the U.S. from 2014 to 2018. Overall, almost 56.8 million patients were estimated being prescribed opioids at least once during 2017. The number dropped down to 49.5 million in 2018.

Number of patients with at least one opioid prescription in the U.S. from 2014 to 2018

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Release date

November 2019

Region

North America, United States

Survey time period

2014 to 2018

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

All figures are estimates.
Figures for the years 2014 to 2017 were taken from the previous year's report.

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