Prescription of analgesics to patients in opioid maintenance therapy: A pharmacoepidemiological study

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 116, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 158-162

  Fredheim, Olav Magnus S ^a,b,c   Borchgrevink, Petter C ^a,b   Nordstrand, Berit ^d   Clausen, Thomas ^f   Skurtveit, Svetlana ^e,f  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c TELEMARK HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d Drug and Addiction Treatment in Central Norway   (Norway)

^e NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acute pain; Analgesics; Opioid maintenance therapy; Opioids

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; BUPRENORPHINE; BUPRENORPHINE PLUS NALOXONE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CODYDRAMOL; FENTANYL; GABAPENTIN; KETOBEMIDONE; METHADONE; MORPHINE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; PETHIDINE; PREGABALIN; SUBUXONE; TRAMADOL; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; PAIN; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREND STUDY;

ADULT; ANALGESICS; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG UTILIZATION; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; OPIATE SUBSTITUTION TREATMENT; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PHARMACIES; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79954538484     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2010.12.014     Document Type: Article

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