A new study found "that pre-existing psychiatric conditions and the use of psychoactive drugs increase a person's risk of long-term use of opioid pain medication." A nationwide insurance database was used for the study "to identify 10.3 million patients who filed insurance claims for opioid prescriptions from 2004 to 2013." According to the study, 1.7 percent of patients with opioid prescriptions became long-term users with risk being "substantially higher" for those with mental health conditions.