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- Title
USO Y MAL USO DE LOS FÁRMACOS OPIOIDES PARA EL TRATAMIENTO DEL DOLOR.
- Authors
Pascual Pastor, Francisco; Sánchez Pérez, Calixto Andrés
- Abstract
Necessity, fashion or problem, the question is that in the last decade we have seen a worrying increase in the use of opioid analgesics, especially in pathologies without specific indication. And we say worrisome, not only because of the quantity but because of the negative consequences of an excessive use of this type of drugs, with more and more presentations and easier access, although with a medical prescription, when it is not bought in the market or on the internet. We can talk about a fashion imported in part from the USA. where the phenomenon has been several decades since the use of these drugs has been combined with the misuse of these drugs for the treatment of chronic pain, which has led to an increase in deaths due to overdoses and to patients who resort to this type of treatment even when they are not are indicated. In U.S.A. About one million people go to the emergency room due to improper use of drugs, almost 40% related to opioid analgesics. Consequence of this has been the increase of up to 300% of the demands of treatment for abuse of these drugs.
- Subjects
UNITED States; DRUG abuse treatment; DRUG abuse; OPIOID analgesics; DRUG utilization; PAIN management
- Publication
Health & Addictions / Salud y Drogas, 2019, Vol 19, Issue 1, p31
- ISSN
1578-5319
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.21134/haaj.v19i1.401