Increasing use of opioids from 2004 to 2007 - Pharmacoepidemiological data from a complete national prescription database in Norway

European Journal of Pain

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 289-294

  Fredheim, Olav Magnus S ^a,b,c   Skurtveit, Svetlana ^d,e   Breivik, Harald ^f,g   Borchgrevink, Petter C ^a,b  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c TELEMARK HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^e NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^g OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Opioid; Pain; Palliation; Pharmacoepidemiology

Indexed keywords

BUPRENORPHINE; CODEINE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE NAPSILATE; FENTANYL; MORPHINE; OPIATE; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PATIENT; CHRONIC PAIN; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DRUG USE; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; PAIN; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PAIN; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS;

EID: 77049121775     PISSN: 10903801     EISSN: 15322149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpain.2009.05.006     Document Type: Article

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