Making Use of Your State’s Prescription Drug Monitoring Program
The Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) is an online database that houses prescribing and dispensing data for patients per state. The PDMP helps identify when a patient obtains multiple prescriptions from different practitioners—which may indicate that the patient is misusing or is addicted to prescription drugs.4
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Find Your State’s PDMP
US State Dispensing Rates per 100 persons, 20209
> 60 prescriptions
50-59.9 prescriptions
40-49.9 prescriptions
< 40 prescriptions
*No data is available for US territories.
US State Dispensing Rates per 100 persons, 20209
> 60 prescriptions
50-59.9 prescriptions
40-49.9 prescriptions
< 40 prescriptions
*No data is available for US territories.
*Funding for this initiative was made possible (in part) by grant no. 1H79TI085588 from SAMHSA. It was originally funded by the FDA of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of financial assistance award U18FD004593. The views expressed on this website do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the HHS; nor does mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the FDA/HHS or the U.S. Government.
Vowles KE, McEntee ML, Julnes PS, Frohe T, Ney JP, van der Goes DN. Rates of opioid misuse, abuse, and addiction in chronic pain: a systematic review and data synthesis. Pain. 2015;156(4):569-576.
PDMP policies and practices. Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Training and Technical Assistance Center website. Accessed August 6, 2021. https://www.pdmpassist.org/Policies
Jones CM. Heroin use and heroin use risk behaviors among nonmedical users of prescription opioid pain relievers—United States, 2002-2004 and 2008-2010. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2013;132(1-2):95-100.