HealthDay (5/8, Thompson) reported, “Previously, it was estimated that about 6% of people who survived an opioid overdose wound up with a repeat overdose during the following year,” but “new results indicate that 21% experience a repeat OD after an emergency department visit for opioid overdose, researchers reported…in the Journal of the American Medical Association.” Furthermore, “patients’ risk of death…increased alongside their number of additional overdoses, the study found.”
Related Links:
— “Opioid OD Survivors Have Triple Rate Of Repeat Overdoses Than Previously Estimated,”Dennis Thompson, HealthDay , May 8, 2026