Are we missing the opioid consumption in low- and middle-income countries?

Igor CorreiaNey Meziat-FilhoAndrea D FurlanBruno SaragiottoFelipe José Jandre Dos Reis

Published in: Scandinavian journal of pain (2023)

The results suggest that opioid prescriptions are rising in Brazil in a 5 years period. Brazil may have a unique opportunity to learn from other countries and develop consistent policies and guidelines to better educate patients and prescribers and to prevent an opioid crisis.

Keyphrases

chronic pain
pain management
end stage renal disease
public health
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
newly diagnosed
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
clinical practice