
Number of opioid prescriptions U.S. 2006-2020
In 2012, there were over 255 million prescriptions filled for opioids among patients in the United States. By the year 2020, this number had dropped to just below 143 million prescriptions. In response to the ongoing opioid epidemic, prescriptions of opioids have decreased in recent years. This statistic depicts the annual number of opioid prescriptions in the U.S. from 2006 to 2020.