Sanae El Ibrahimi (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) and colleagues from Comagine Health (Michelle A. Hendricks), Brigham & Women’s Hospital (Scott G. Weiner, Michael A. Fischer), and Brandeis University (Grant Ritter) recently published a study. The study used several linked Oregon health datasets to investigate the risk of opioid overdose for individuals in relation to household opioid prescription availability. The study found that relative to individuals without personal opioid fills, the odds of opioid-related overdose increased by 60% when another household member had an opioid fill in the past six months. the Study was published in JAMA OPEN and was funded by the National Institutes on Drug Abuse.
