Opioid losses in terms of dosage and value, January 2012 to September 2017: a retrospective analysis of Health Canada data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Canadian health care facilities must report losses or thefts of opioids to Health Canada. To broaden the understanding of opioid loss in Canada, we analyzed data describing these losses to estimate the amount of opioid lost, estimate the wholesale and street value, compare the distribution of loss types between facility types and compare loss trends.

Methods

We analyzed Health Canada records of losses of codeine, fentanyl, hydromorphone, morphine and oxycodone reported by Canadian facilities from January 2012 to September 2017. We conducted descriptive analyses of the opioid losses by calculating milligrams of drug lost, oral morphine equivalents, daily defined doses, approximate wholesale value and approximate street value, and compared loss trends when counted b

SUBMITTER: Fan M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7043894 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan-Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature