New York down 75%

2012 Action:

New York required prescribers to check the state’s prescription drug monitoring program before prescribing painkillers.

2013 Result: Saw a 75% drop in patients who were seeing multiple prescribers to obtain the same drugs, which would put them at higher risk of overdose.

Florida down 50%

2010 Action:

Florida regulated pain clinics and stopped health care providers from dispensing prescription painkillers from their offices.

2012 Result: Saw more than 50% decrease in overdose deaths from oxycodone.

Tennessee down 36%

2012 Action:

Tennessee required prescribers to check the state’s prescription drug monitoring program before prescribing painkillers.

2013 Result: Saw a 36% drop in patients who were seeing multiple prescribers to obtain the same drugs, which would put them at higher risk of overdose.

SOURCES: NY, TN: PDMP Center of Excellence at Brandeis University, 2014. FL: Vital Signs Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, July 1, 2014.

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