Examining opioid prescribing trends for non-cancer pain using an estimated oral morphine equivalence measure: a retrospective cohort study between 2005 and 2015
Background: Over the past 20 years prescription of opioid medicines has markedly increased in the UK, despite a lack of supporting evidence for use in commonly occurring, painful conditions. Prescribing is often monitored by counting numbers of prescriptions dispensed, but this may not provide an a...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Royal College of General Practitioners
2021-01-01
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| Series: | BJGP Open |
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| Online Access: | https://bjgpopen.org/content/5/1/bjgpopen20X101122 |