Future projections of opioid use and cost in patients with chronic osteoarthritis pain in Spain

Background: Opioids are widely used in moderate-to-severe chronic pain which is non-responsive to standard analgesics. Prescriptions have increased in Europe in the last decade, although remain lower than in USA. This work projected the future utilization and costs of opioids in chronic osteoarthrit...

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Main Authors: Javier Rejas-Gutierrez, Antoni Sicras-Mainar, Josep Darbà
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2021-04-01
Series:Therapeutic Advances in Musculoskeletal Disease
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1759720X211010599