RxAwareness. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

RxAwareness. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

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RxAwareness.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The opioid crisis is a persisting patient safety problem. One approach to prevent misuse of opioids is to raise awareness of the addictive nature of the medication. This national campaign enlists communities and individual clinicians to provide patient education to address the opioid epidemic. The website offers videos and other resources to assist community-level efforts to reduce risk for opioid addiction.

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Opioid addiction is the biggest drug epidemic in U.S. history. How'd we get here?

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