Methadone-related deaths among youth and young adults in Sweden 2006-15.

Anna Fugelstad Sven G Bremberg Peter Hjelmström Ingemar Thiblin

Published in: Addiction (Abingdon, England) (2020)

Prescription opioid- and methadone-related deaths increased in the group aged 15-29 years in Sweden between 2006 and 2015. Exposure to non-prescribed methadone and prescribed benzodiazepines, antidepressants and opioids for pain appears to be common in drug-related deaths in youth and young adults in Sweden.

Keyphrases

young adults
chronic pain
pain management
mental health
childhood cancer
spinal cord injury
neuropathic pain