Dose and duration of opioid use in patients with cancer andn non-cancer pain at an outpatient hospital setting in Malaysia: A retrospective cross sectional study

• Main Authors: Zin, Che Suraya, Abdul Rahman, Norny Syafinaz, Ismail, Che Rokiah, Leong, Weng Choy
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English; English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: RS Pharmacy and materia medica
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/52343/1/161017_abstract%20_scan.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/52343/7/52343-web.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/52343/
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

Aims of investigation: Prescribing of opioid analgesics have tremendously increased over the last few decades and the increase was also associated with increasing incidence of dependence, misuse and overdose related deaths. There is currently limited data available on the patterns of opioid prescrib...