Opioid analgesic prescribing and use - An audit of analgesic prescribing by general practitioners and the Multidisciplinary Pain Centre at Royal Brisbane Hospital

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 693-698

  Nissen, L M ^a,b   Tett, S E ^a   Cramond, T ^b   Williams, B ^b   Smith, M T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Analgesic use; Chronic pain; Multidisciplinary pain centre; Opioid analgesics; Prescribing practices

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; BUPRENORPHINE; CODEINE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; METHADONE; MORPHINE; MORPHINE SULFATE; OXYCODONE; PETHIDINE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; DOSE RESPONSE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; AUSTRALIA; CATHARTICS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; HUMANS; MORPHINE; PAIN; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0035672930     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0306-5251.2001.01502.x     Document Type: Article

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