“…In a cross-sectional study using data from the IQVIA Longitudinal Prescription Database, which captures 92% of prescriptions dispensed in US retail pharmacies, Zhang and colleagues examined over 140 million opioid prescriptions from nearly 68 million patients (40,927,459 females [60.3%]; mean [SD] age at first fill during the study period, 47.5 [19.0] years) 4…”