About the Author Bharath Chakravarthy, MD Dr. Bharath Chakravarthy is a UCI Health emergency medicine physician with Emergency Medicine Services. He is the leader of the Orange County Collaborative on Prescription Drug Abuse (SafeRX OC), a coalition of 19 organizations including health professionals, educators, health insurers and law enforcement officials. In his role, he seeks to prevent abuse, avert deadly overdoses and create more treatment opportunities for people with addiction.
Confronting opioid use in Orange County March 30, 2017 | Bharath Chakravarthy, MD The amount of opioid painkillers such as oxycodone, hydrocodone and fentanyl prescribed in the U.S. has quadrupled since 1999 — as have the... Read More Tags addiction health tips prevention
