America’s Opioid Epidemic: a Comprehensive Review and Look into the Rising Crisis

[1] Manchikanti L(2015)The effect of abuse-deterrent extended-release oxycodone leads to inappropriate conclusions with over estimation of safety of abuse-deterrent formulations Pain physician 18 E445-E446

[2] Atluri S(2017)Vital signs: changes in opioid prescribing in the United States, 2006-2015 MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 66 697-704

[3] Hirsch JA(2016)Fentanyl law enforcement submissions and increases in synthetic opioid-involved overdose deaths—27 states, 2013-2014 MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 65 837-843

[4] Guy GP(2017)Examining fatal opioid overdoses in Marion County, Indiana J Urban Health 94 301-310

[5] Zhang K(2017)Characteristics of fentanyl overdose—Massachusetts, 2014-2016 MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 66 382-386

[6] Bohm MK(2017)Addressing the fentanyl threat to public health N Engl J Med 376 605-607

[7] Losby J(2017)Heroin and fentanyl overdoses in Kentucky: epidemiology and surveillance Int J Drug Policy 46 120-129

[8] Lewis B(2016)Increases in fentanyl-related overdose deaths—Florida and Ohio, 2013-2015 MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 65 844-849

[9] Young R(2016)Vital signs: trends in HIV diagnoses, risk behaviors, and prevention among persons who inject drugs—United States MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 65 1336-1342

[10] Murphy LB(2013)Sebelius, 132 S.Ct. 2566 (June 2012) Benefits Q 29 64-66

[1] Manchikanti L(2015)The effect of abuse-deterrent extended-release oxycodone leads to inappropriate conclusions with over estimation of safety of abuse-deterrent formulations Pain physician 18 E445-E446

[2] Atluri S(2017)Vital signs: changes in opioid prescribing in the United States, 2006-2015 MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 66 697-704

[3] Hirsch JA(2016)Fentanyl law enforcement submissions and increases in synthetic opioid-involved overdose deaths—27 states, 2013-2014 MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 65 837-843

[4] Guy GP(2017)Examining fatal opioid overdoses in Marion County, Indiana J Urban Health 94 301-310

[5] Zhang K(2017)Characteristics of fentanyl overdose—Massachusetts, 2014-2016 MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 66 382-386

[6] Bohm MK(2017)Addressing the fentanyl threat to public health N Engl J Med 376 605-607

[7] Losby J(2017)Heroin and fentanyl overdoses in Kentucky: epidemiology and surveillance Int J Drug Policy 46 120-129

[8] Lewis B(2016)Increases in fentanyl-related overdose deaths—Florida and Ohio, 2013-2015 MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 65 844-849

[9] Young R(2016)Vital signs: trends in HIV diagnoses, risk behaviors, and prevention among persons who inject drugs—United States MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 65 1336-1342

[10] Murphy LB(2013)Sebelius, 132 S.Ct. 2566 (June 2012) Benefits Q 29 64-66