Exploration of change in persistence patterns of opioid use among patients with non-cancer and cancer pain over a three-year follow-up period

• Main Authors: Abdullah Sani, Asween Rowena, Zin, Che Suraya, Mohamed, Abdul Hadi, Izat, Munira, Tan, Hung Ling, Ng, Kim Swan, Nissen, Lisa M.
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English; English
• Published: The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia 2019
• Subjects: RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology; RM147 Administration of Drugs and Other Therapeutic Agents
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/71530/1/190408_Main%20manuscript_persistence_opioid_JPPR_full_article.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/71530/2/190408_Acceptance_JPPR.JPG; http://irep.iium.edu.my/71530/12/71530_Exploration%20of%20change%20in%20persistence_Scopus.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/71530/; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/20552335

Background: Little is known about the different patterns of persistent opioid use and whether the patterns of clinical opioid use remain the same throughout the long-term opioid therapy. Aim: This study explores the different patterns of persistent opioid use and the change in these patterns over...