Multiple prescribers in older frequent opioid users - does it mean abuse?

Journal of Population Therapeutics and Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Ineke Neutel, C ^a   Skurtveit, Svetlana ^b   Berg, Christian ^c   Sakshaug, Solveig ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Analgesic opioids; Cancer palliative care; Doctor shopping; Elderly; Multiple prescribers; Population based data

Indexed keywords

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

AGED; ARTICLE; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE PRESCRIBER; PRESCRIPTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DRUG-SEEKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NORWAY; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 84887350674     PISSN: 17106222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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