Prescription Opioid Related Misuse, Harms, Diversion and Interventions in Canada: A Review
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Prescription opioid related misuse, harms, diversion and interventions in Canada: a review.
BACKGROUND The non-medical use of and harms related to prescription opioid (PO) analgesics - key medications to treat severe and chronic pain - are an emerging public health concern globally. PO use is proportionally highest in North America, where, consequently, nonmedical PO use (NMPOU) and morbidity/mortality are high and well documented for the United States. Canada is the country with the ...
متن کاملPrescription Opioid Use, Harms and Interventions in Canada: A Review Update of New Developments and Findings since 2010.
BACKGROUND Canada has featured the second-highest levels of prescription opioid (PO) use globally behind the United States, and reported extensive PO-related harms (e.g., non-medical PO use [NMPOU], PO-related morbidity and mortality). A recent comprehensive review synthesized key data on PO use, PO-related harms, and interventions in Canada, yet a substantive extent of new studies and data hav...
متن کاملNon-medical prescription opioid use, prescription opioid-related harms and public health in Canada: an update 5 years later.
Five years ago, we highlighted Canada's emerging problem of prescription opioid (PO)-related harms and emphasized the need for targeted surveillance, research and interventions. Overall levels of PO use in the Canadian population have grown by 70% since then, while at the same time levels of non-medical PO use (NMPOU) in general and in key risk populations have continued to be high; furthermore...
متن کاملPrescription of opioid analgesics and related harms in Australia.
OBJECTIVE To document trends in: (i) prescribing of morphine and oxycodone; (ii) hospital separations for overdose; (iii) presentations for treatment of problems associated with these drugs; and (iv) oxycodone-related mortality data in Australia. DESIGN AND SETTING Cross-sectional study analysing prescriptions for morphine and oxycodone based on figures adjusted using Australian Bureau of Sta...
متن کاملMisuse of Prescription Opioid Medication among Women: A Scoping Review
Background. National data from Canada and the United States identify women to be at greater risk than men for the misuse of prescription opioid medications. Various sex- and gender-based factors and patient and physician practices may affect women's use and misuse of prescription opioid drugs. Objectives. To explore the particular risks, issues, and treatment considerations for prescription opi...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Pain Physician
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2150-1149,1533-3159
DOI: 10.36076/ppj.2012/15/es191