Opioid prescribing among new users for non-cancer pain in the USA, Canada, UK, and Taiwan: A population-based cohort study.

Meghna JaniNadyne GirardDavid Westfall BatesDavid L BuckeridgeTherese SheppardYu Chuan Jack Li Usman Iqbal Shelly VikColin WeaverJudy SeidelWilliam Gregory Dixon Robyn Tamblyn

Published in: PLoS medicine (2021)

In this study, we observed substantial differences in opioid prescribing practices for non-cancer pain between jurisdictions. The preference to start patients on higher MME/day and more potent opioids in North America may be a contributing cause to the opioid epidemic.

Keyphrases

chronic pain
pain management
primary care
papillary thyroid
end stage renal disease
squamous cell
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
lymph node metastasis
emergency department
prognostic factors
cross sectional
spinal cord
electronic health record
patient reported