Toxicology

Toxicology

Why monitor your patients?

We deliver key insights into potential interactions—before they occur. ToxKit equips physicians with a complete picture of patients' drug use, minimizing concerns of misuse or dosing errors.

Prescient Medicine's toxicology and medication monitoring solutions provide the clarity you need to move beyond possible complications. We understand that ADRs are costly, and recognize that the numbers related to prescription opioid overdoses are increasingly alarming.

Focused on pain management and addiction services, ToxKit can even inform and improve communication between doctor and patient. When you have all the information, you're empowered to rely on your prescriptive skills with an entirely new level of confidence. And when that dynamic information combines with your expert care, better outcomes are within reach.

 

By the Numbers:

Every day in the United States, 44 people die as a result of prescription opioid overdose.1

The American Academy of Pain Medicine supports the routine monitoring of patients on chronic opioid therapy.

Deaths related to prescription drug overdoses in 2013

There were 43,982 drug overdose deaths in the U.S. in 2013. Of those, 22,767 (51.8%) were related to prescription drugs.1

Deaths involving opioid painkillers and benzodiazepines

Of the 22,767 deaths related to prescription drug overdoses in 2013, 16,245 (72.3%) involved opioid painkillers, and 6,973 (30.6%) involved benzodiazepines (sometimes together).2

ER visits related to prescription drug misuse

Drug misuse and abuse caused about 2.5 million ER visits in 2011. Of these, more than 1.4 million ER visits were related to prescription drugs.3

References:

  1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Vital Statistics System mortality data. (2015) Available from URL: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/deaths.htm.
  2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS) [online]. (2014) Available from URL: http://www.cdc.gov/injury/wisqars/fatal.html.
  3. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Vital Statistics System mortality data. (2015) Available from URL: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/deaths.htm.