Trends in Prescription Chronic Pain Medication Use before and during the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Québec, Canada: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis.

Gwenaëlle De Clifford-FaugèreHermine Lore Nguena NguefackManon ChoinièreM Gabrielle PagéLucie BlaisLine GuénetteMarc DoraisAnaïs Lacasse

Published in: International journal of environmental research and public health (2023)

While the occurrence of the first wave did have an impact on opioid use among people living with chronic pain, access to and use of opioids appear to have returned to normal before the end of the first wave of COVID-19.

Keyphrases

chronic pain
pain management
coronavirus disease
sars cov
risk assessment