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Title
Prescribing of opioid analgesics and related mortality before and after the introduction of long-acting oxycodone.
Authors
Dhalla, Irfan A; Mamdani, Muhammad M; Sivilotti, Marco L A; Kopp, Alex; Qureshi, Omar; Juurlink, David N
Abstract
Opioid-related mortality appears to be increasing in Canada. We examined the true extent of the problem and the impact of the introduction of long-acting oxycodone.
Publication
CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne, 2009, Vol 181, Issue 12, p891