Opioid prescription patterns in Germany and the global opioid epidemic: Systematic review of available evidence.

<h4>Introduction</h4>Opioids are one of the most important and effective drug classes in pain medicine with a key role in most medical fields. The increase of opioid prescription over time has led to higher numbers of prescription opioid misuse, abuse and opioid-related deaths in most de...

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Main Authors: Bastian Rosner, Jessica Neicun, Justin Christopher Yang, Andres Roman-Urrestarazu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0221153