Name:   CRD - Subject:   Nonsense Date:   10/22/2020 11:06:34 AM

Can't  speak with any authority regarding the 80/20 stat, however, in an article authored by Rafia S Rasu, PhD, Maureen E Knell, PharmD, BCACP in 2017,  who analyzed 690 Million out patient visits from 2000-2007, they actually found that there was a 1.83X greater chance of being prescribed an opioid by a primary care physician than a specialty physician.  Now granted, stats like these from 13-20 years age have caused a dramatic shift in the prescribing rate of opioids, especially in the age group 35-49 which had a 1.5X greater chance of being prescribed an opioid than the 18-34 group.  65+ had a .61X LESS likelihood of being prescribed an opioid according to this study.

Substance Use Disorder, Overdose and Chronic non-malignant pain management are no longer in the shadows, so to speak.  They have garnered the attention of not only the Med/Dent community, but also the politicians, who both have been the forces behind the various state's PDMP's (Prescription Drug Management Program).  But overdosing, unfortunately,  has increased in 2019 and 2020, mainly from IMF's (illicitly manufactured Fentanyls) in combo with Cocaine and Meth.