Prescribing Policies of Opioids for Chronic Pain

Authors: Eckhard Beubler ^a; Elon Eisenberg ^b^c; Jose Castro-Lopes ^d; Annica Rhodin ^e^f

Affiliations:	^a Pharmacology, The Institute for Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, The Graz University of Medicine, Graz, Austria
	^b Pain Relief Unit, Ramban Medical Centre,
	^c Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
	^d Institute of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
	^e Department of Surgical Sciences, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
	^f Centre for Clinical Research, Vasteras, Sweden

DOI: 10.1300/J354v21n02_10

Publication Frequency: 4 issues per year

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Journal Of Pain & Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy, Volume 21, Issue 2 June 2007 , pages 53 - 55

Formats available: PDF (English)

Also incorporating: Journal of Pharmaceutical Care in Pain & Symptom Control

Also incorporating: The Hospice Journal

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Abstract

The prescription of opioids often poses a difficult problem for the practitioner, particularly when they are confronted with institutionalised fears and restrictive regulations. This article compares prescribing policies for opioids in three European countries, Austria, Israel and Portugal.

Keywords: Opioid; prescribing; regulations; Austria; Israel; Portugal

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Prescribing Policies of Opioids for Chronic Pain

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