Coventry: Naloxone Co-Prescribing Nearly Doubled in 2018

Co-prescribing of opioid antidote naloxone for injured workers taking opioids increased last year, according to a drug trends report from Coventry. Among claims that included opioids at daily doses of 50 milligrams morphine equivalents, naloxone was prescribed in 1.8% of cases, almost double the figure from 2017, Coventry said. The data came from Coventry’s First Script pharmacy benefit management program. The percentage of injured workers using opioids has fallen for five straight years, Coventry said, decreasing 4.3 percentage points in 2018 and falling 22 percentage points from 2013...