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Opioids are part of a drug class that includes the illegal drug heroin as well as powerful pain relievers, such as oxycodone, hydrocodone, codeine, morphine, fentanyl, and many others. Every day in the United States more than 1,000 people are treated in emergency departments for not using prescription opioids as directed. Drug overdose is now the leading cause of accidental death in the U.S., and opioid addiction is driving this epidemic.

Learn more about the 'Opioid Effect'.

• Study: America's opioid epidemic and its effect on the nation's commercially-insured population

• BCBSAZ Reports Nearly 1 out of 6 Members Fill an Opioid Prescription Annually in Arizona

• Opioid deaths in women rose 471 percent in 16 years

• Opioids and you: 5 fast facts

• Non-opioids may ease some pain as effectively as opioids

• How to reduce the risks of opioids