More than 3,200 suspected opioid overdoses have been reported to state officials since June 15, with more than 400 of those deaths, the Arizona Department of Health Services said.

The updated data, released in an Oct. 17 blog post by ADHS Director Cara Christ, highlights a growing problem in Arizona and nationally.

Gov. Doug Ducey declared the state's opiod crisis a public-health emergency in early June, prompting heightened statewide efforts to fight the abuse.

In her "Opioid Update" post, Christ said the state maintains a statewide overdose database, called the Controlled Substances Prescription Monitoring Program.

About 40 percent of people experiencing a suspected overdose that had prescription history in the Controlled Substances Prescription Monitoring Program had received opioid prescriptions from 10 or more providers, according to the post.

But despite this number, only a quarter of the medical professionals who are prescribing opioids in Arizona check the database before writing a prescription, she said.

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On Oct. 16, a new mandate went into effect that requires clinicians to check the database prior to prescribing opioids or benzodiazepines (drugs that enhance the action of neurotransmitters in the brain).

About 40 percent of patients registered in the database who had an overdose were prescribed both opioids and benzodiazepines, despite a high risk for complications if combined, she said.

Christ noted other states have implemented similar mandates, saying they reduce the number of opioids prescribed across the board.

Earlier this week, President Donald Trump declared the opioid overdose epidemic a national public-health emergency.

In Arizona earlier this month, the time window for the state to collect opioid-related overdose information from first responders and health-care providers was pushed back to five days, from 24 hours. The original time frame was intended to capture a real-time picture of opioid abuse in Arizona.

Despite the less-frequent reports, Christ said, several facts have come to light about opioid abuse while combing through the data.

Men ages 25 to 29 are at the highest risk of opioid overdoses.

Most overdoses occur at home.

37 percent of people suspected of experiencing an overdose were prescribed an opioid less than two months earlier.

Chronic pain is the most cited symptom in people who experience a suspected overdose.

"ADHS will continue to monitor these indicators on a monthly basis to assess progress," Christ said.

The state previously reported that at least 790 Arizonans died from an overdose of an opioid prescription last year.

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