Harris Teeter, Kroger join fight against prescription drug misuse
Kroger and Harris Teeter pharmacies across North Carolina have joined the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services' fight against prescription drug misuse by using a nationwide prescription database.
Posted — UpdatedThe network allows doctors and other clinicians to obtain multi-state information about their patients’ opioid prescriptions.
Opioid overdoses have been on the rise in North Carolina and across the nation in recent years. DHHS data show more than 12,000 North Carolinians have died from opioid overdoses since 1999.
In 2016, opioid related deaths were up by more than 30 percent from the previous year. Since 1999, North Carolina has seen a 1,000 percent increase in the number of opioid-related deaths.
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