Originally published by our sister publication, Pain Medicine News
Over 10% of patients admitted to an ICU in Sweden over a nine-year period continued receiving prescriptions for opioids for at least six months, and in some cases up to two years, according to a retrospective cohort study.
“We know that the sharp rise in opioid prescriptions in the U.S. has contributed to a deadly opioid crisis there,” said first author Erik von Oelreich, a PhD student in the Department of Physiology