April 2019 – Drug and Device Digest

Remove the Risk- Opioid Disposal Campaign

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Remove the Risk- Opioid disposal awareness 

  • In 2017: 191 million opioid prescriptions to almost 60 million patients
  • 90% patients reported not finishing what was prescribed to them
  • Millions of unused prescription opioids in homes if not disposed of properly
  • In 2017: 47,600 people died from an overdose involving opioids

Remove the Risk PR campaign

  •  Targeting women ages 35-64, who are most likely to oversee household health care decisions
  • Information about safe disposal of these medicines.

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