Opioid medication prescribing in Queensland, 1997-2018: a population study

Med J Aust. 2021 Aug 2;215(3):137-138. doi: 10.5694/mja2.51115. Epub 2021 Jun 7.

Authors

Adeleke D Adewumi^{1

2}, Joemer C Maravilla³, Rosa Alati⁴, Samantha A Hollingworth², Xuelei Hu², Bill Loveday⁵, Jason Connor⁶

Affiliations

¹ Maryborough Hospital, Maryborough, QLD.
² The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD.
³ Institute for Social Science Research, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD.
⁴ Curtin University, Perth.
⁵ Chief Medical Officer and Healthcare Regulation Branch, Queensland Health, Brisbane, QLD.
⁶ National Centre for Youth Substance Abuse Research, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD.

PMID: 34096073
DOI: 10.5694/mja2.51115

No abstract available

Keywords: Analgesics; Prescribing; Prescription drugs; opioid.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Analgesics, Opioid / adverse effects
Analgesics, Opioid / therapeutic use*
Chronic Pain / drug therapy*
Drug Prescriptions / standards
Drug Prescriptions / statistics & numerical data*
Humans
Opioid-Related Disorders / epidemiology*
Opioid-Related Disorders / prevention & control
Practice Patterns, Physicians' / statistics & numerical data*
Practice Patterns, Physicians' / trends
Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs / standards
Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs / statistics & numerical data
Queensland / epidemiology
Social Class

Substances

Analgesics, Opioid