Tramadol dispensing patterns and trends in Canada, 2007‐2016

• Published in: Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety Vol. 28; no. 3; pp. 396 - 400
• Main Authors: Fischer, Benedikt, Kurdyak, Paul, Jones, Wayne
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.03.2019
• Subjects: Analgesics; Analgesics, Opioid - supply & distribution; Breakpoints; Canada; control; Drug Utilization - legislation & jurisprudence; Humans; Morbidity; Narcotics; Opioids; Pharmacoepidemiology; Pharmacovigilance; policy; Practice Patterns, Physicians' - trends; substitution; Tramadol; Tramadol - supply & distribution; Trends; Canada; Canada; substitution; tramadol; control; opioids; pharmacoepidemiology; policy

Purpose Opioid use and associated mortality and morbidity have substantially increased in Canada, which recent interventions have aimed to reduce. Tramadol is an atypical prescription‐only (but unscheduled under Canada's narcotics law) opioid analgesic and not subject to controls for other (eg,...