Trends in Opioid Use Among Cancer Patients in the United States: 2013-2018.

ABSTRACT: In response to the US opioid epidemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated their guideline on prescription opioids for chronic pain management in March 2016. The aim of this study was to provide detailed analysis of trends in opioid claims among cancer patients in the United States during 2013-2018. We analyzed pharmaceutical dispensing data from Symphony Health's Integrated Dataverse database, which covers approximately 80% of the US population. We examined annual trends in dispensed opioids in cancer patients during 2013-2018. We examined quarterly trends of the prevalence, mean number of days, and dose (stated as morphine milligram equivalents) of opioid dispensing in cancer patients. Dispensing records of an average of over 3.7 million cancer patients contributed to

SUBMITTER: Chen Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8793171 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature