Medical professionals' perspectives on prescribed and over-the-counter medicines containing codeine: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To explore prescribing practitioners' perspectives on prescribed codeine use, their ability to identify dependence and their options for treatment in the UK.

Design

Cross-sectional design using a questionnaire containing closed-ended and open-ended items.

Setting

A nationally representative sample of prescribing professionals working in the UK.

Participants

300 prescribing professionals working in primary care and pain settings.

Results

Participants stated that they regularly reviewed patients prescribed codeine, understood the risks of dependence and recognised the potential for codeine to be used recreationally. Over half the participants felt patients were unaware of the adverse health consequences of high doses of combination codeine medic

SUBMITTER: Foley M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4947827 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature