Looks at the populations and locations that this epidemic most affects and I also provide a possible solution to save the healthcare system money in the long run

2. EPIDEMIOLOGY AND POPULATION HEALTH
The branch of medicine that
deals with the incidence,
distribution, and possible
control of diseases and other
factors relating to health.
IT ALSO LOOKS AT RISK
FACTORS NOT RELATED TO THE
ACTUAL DISEASE

3. OBJECTIVES:
• BY THE END OF THIS PRESENTATION YOU WILL BE ABLE TO:
• IDENTIFY THE KEY REASONS AS TO WHY THERE IS AN OPIOID EPIDEMIC IN THIS COUNTRY
• LOCATE THE MAIN POPULATIONS WHERE THE EFFECTS OF THE EPIDEMIC CAN BE SEEN AND FORMULATE A
HYPOTHESIS AS TO WHY THE EFFECTS ARE SEEN SO HEAVILY THERE
• RECOGNIZE THE CURRENT STATE OF THE NATION WIDE OPIOID EPIDEMIC AND UNDERSTAND WHAT CAN BE DONE
TO COMBAT THIS ISSUE

4. WHY IS THERE AN EPIDEMIC?
• ANALYSTS FROM THE COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS
SAY THE PROBLEM STARTED WITH THE OVER
PRESCRIPTION OF LEGAL PAIN MEDICATIONS
• JOHN KAPOOR, CEO/BILLIONAIRE OF INSYS
THERAPEUTICS ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY BRIBING
PHYSICIANS TO PRESCRIBE HIS COMPANY’S OPIOID
PAIN MEDICATIONS
• THIS HAS LEAD TO AN INCREASE IN ILLEGAL USE OF
OPIOIDS IN THE FORM OF HEROIN AND EVEN STREET
SALE OF MEDICATIONS LIKE FENTANYL

5. WHO THIS EFFECTS THE MOST:
• ADULTS AGES 18-34 HAVE THE HIGHEST RATES OF ED VISITS RELATED TO NONMEDICAL USE OF OPIOID
MEDICATIONS AND THE HIGHEST RATES OF NON-MEDICAL USE OF OPIOID MEDICATIONS
• MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES MORE PREVALENT WITH TODAY’S YOUTH
• KIDS LOOK FOR QUICK FIX FOR:
• PAIN
• DEPRESSION
• ANXIETY

6. US OPIOID PRESCRIBING RATES 2016
- Southern states have
higher rate of
prescriptions
- Why?

7. FLIPPING THE PYRAMID: OPIOID EPIDEMIC
Physical
Therapy
Surgery
Injections
Medications
Surgery
Injections
Medications
Manual Therapy
Modalities
Corrective Exercise