Patterns of initial opioid prescription and its association with short-term and long-term use among opioid-naive patients in Malaysia: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:This study examined opioid prescription initiation patterns and their association with short-term and long-term opioid use among opioid-naïve patients. DESIGN:This study was designed as a retrospective cohort study. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS:In this study, we analysed the prescription databases of tertiary hospitals in Malaysia. This study included patients aged ≥18 years with at least one opioid prescription (buprenorphine, morphine, oxycodone, fentanyl, dihydrocodeine or tramadol) between 1 January 2011 and 31 December 2016. These patients had no opioid prescriptions in the 365 days prior, and were followed up for 365 days after the initial opioid prescription. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:The main outcome measures were the number of short-term (<90 days) and long-term opioid users (≥9

SUBMITTER: Zin CS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6609125 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature