The National Football League and NFL Players Association have implemented a prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) to ensure that opioids are not overprescribed by league-affiliated doctors or misused by players. Despite the heightened risk for injury and pain faced by football players, PDMP data published in Current Sports Medicine Reports indicate that the prevalence of opioid prescriptions among NFL players is similar to that of the general U.S. population (Curr Sports Med Rep 2024
JUNE 18, 2025