20.500.12556/RUL-159518 Opioid analgesics prescribing trends 2010 - 2019 in Slovenia a national database study Objective: Significant increases in global opioid use have been reported in recent decades. This study analyzed opioid utilization in outpatient care in Slovenia between 2010 and 2019. Methods: This retrospective cross-sectional study performed a nationwide database analysis of all outpatient opioid analgesic prescriptions based on Slovenian health insurance claims data. Prevalence was defined as the number of recipients prescribed at least one opioid per 1000 inhabitants. Opioid consumption was presented as the total number of dispensed prescriptions per 1000 inhabitants and dispensed defined daily doses (DDD) per 1000 inhabitants for each year analyzed. Results: The age-standardized prevalence of opioid recipients decreased by 21.5% during the study period. Total opioid consumption decreased both in the number of prescriptions (−9.2%) and DDD (−5.4%). Tramadol consumption decreased in terms of the number of prescriptions (−12.2%) and DDD (−2.7%), whereas prescriptions for strong opioids increased (10.2%) and DDDs decreased (−16.2%). The results suggest less intensive prescribing of strong opioids and more intensive prescribing for tramadol. The most frequently used strong opioids were fentanyl and oxycodone/naloxone. Conclusions: The prevalence of opioid recipients and opioid consumption is decreasing in Slovenia. Further research is needed to understand whether this finding reflects safe use or underuse of these important analgesics. drug utilization opioid analgesics pain management prevalence uporaba zdravil opioidni analgetiki obvladovanje bolečine razširjenost analgetiki opioidi true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2024-07-11 11:27:27 2024-07-11 11:27:31 2024-07-17 03:48:44 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2024 0 0 Str. 1-9 iss. 2, e2891 Vol. 39 2024 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 615.212 1099-1077 10.1002/hup.2891 177977859 Human_Psychopharmacology_-_2024_-_Cebron_Lipovec_-_Opioid_analgesics_prescribing_trends_2010_2019_in_Slovenia__National.pdf Human_Psychopharmacology_-_2024_-_Cebron_Lipovec_-_Opioid_analgesics_prescribing_trends_2010_2019_in_Slovenia__National.pdf 1 8BD777654DA2FD55C8E89CC521CBF024 98a16631df37eb13bdd15d1884e9fd6b5874c3ae034303c3bcc481f6683f3e3e 375c5f7c-3f68-11ef-8f74-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=187554 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/hup.2891 1 c82b0150-3f67-11ef-8f74-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=187553 Fakulteta za farmacijo 0 0 0