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Examining opioid prescribing trends for non-cancer pain using an estimated oral morphine equivalence measure: a retrospective cohort study between 2005 and 2015

BACKGROUND: Over the past 20 years prescription of opioid medicines has markedly increased in the UK, despite a lack of supporting evidence for use in commonly occurring, painful conditions. Prescribing is often monitored by counting numbers of prescriptions dispensed, but this may not provide an ac...

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Autores principales: Davies, Emma, Sewell, Bernadette, Jones, Mari, Phillips, Ceri J, Rance, Jaynie Y
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Royal College of General Practitioners 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7960521/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33172848
http://dx.doi.org/10.3399/bjgpopen20X101122