Based on our research, it maybe almost no-one. Officially the figures from the six citations in the CDC guidelines indicate the rate is 0.02%, which is a tiny number. which is about 500 to 1000 a year taking prescription drugs in the US. this number is so small, that it makes it very rare. Probably as rare as a fatal reaction to aspirin. In order to prevent an overdose from prescribed opioids, You would have to reduce or eliminate pain prescriptions, and the other 5,000 people who will not be listed as opioid overdose. almost all overdoses CDC listed were Heroin addicts not getting treatment.
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