Industry-Funded Prescriber Education as a Barrier to the Prevention of Opioid Use Disorder (OUD)
Our efforts to reverse the opioid overdose epidemic have fallen short as Americans continue to develop new-onset opioid use disorder primarily through long-term prescription opioids. The volume of prescribed opioids in the U.S. is still twice the pre- opioid epidemic levels. Prevention opportunities have been overlooked, in part due to ongoing industry-funded provider education...
