Differences in the consumption rates and regulatory barriers to the accessibility of strong opioid analgesics in Israel and St. Petersburg

European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 89-95

  Ponizovsky, Alexander M ^a   Pchelintsev, Michael V ^b   Marom, Eli ^a   Zvartau, Edwin E ^b  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^b PAVLOV FIRST SAINT PETERSBURG STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Defined daily dose; Fentanyl; Methadone; Morphine; Omnopon; Opioids; Oxycodone; Pain; Pethidine; Trimeperidine

Indexed keywords

BUPRENORPHINE; FENTANYL; METHADONE; MORPHINE; OPIATE; OXYCODONE; PETHIDINE; TRIMEPERIDINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CONTROL; DRUG USE; DRUG UTILIZATION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; ISRAEL; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; ST. PETERSBURG; TREND STUDY;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DRUG AND NARCOTIC CONTROL; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG UTILIZATION; FORMULARIES AS TOPIC; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; ISRAEL; PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RUSSIA; URBAN HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84857040871     PISSN: 00316970     EISSN: 14321041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00228-011-1099-z     Document Type: Article

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