When Opioids Almost Kill You, Chances Are You'll Get More Opioids

I really wanted the first post of 2016 to be positive, uplifting, inspiring ... but a study I read over the break was so unnerving, I had to go and ruin "return to work" day, already a day that lives in infamy, with even more depressing news. Researchers at Boston Medical Center used a national database of prescription information to assess the likelihood of continued opioid prescriptions after a non-fatal overdose. They looked at prescription information from 3,000 patients who experienced a non-fatal overdose between 2000 and 2012. These patients were all prescribed opioids for ch...