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JANUARY 21, 2019

Fentanyl’s Role in Opioid-Related Deaths Is on the Rise

Almost half of 42,249 opioid-related overdose deaths in 2016 involved fentanyl, according to a research letter published in JAMA (2018;319[17]:1819-1821).

Synthetic opioids, most notably illicit fentanyl, have surpassed prescription opioids to become the most common drug associated with overdose deaths in the United States.

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