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Association of Pharmaceutical Industry Marketing of Opioid Products With Mortality From Opioid-Related Overdoses.
Abstract
Prescription opioids are involved in 40% of all deaths from opioid overdose in the United States and are commonly the first opioids encountered by individuals with opioid use disorder. It is unclear whether the pharmaceutical industry marketing of opioids to physicians is associated with mortality from overdoses.