Prescription of opioids in Italy: everything, but the morphine

Ann Oncol. 2009 May;20(5):961-2. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdp041. Epub 2009 Mar 12.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Administration, Cutaneous
  • Administration, Oral
  • Analgesics, Opioid / administration & dosage
  • Analgesics, Opioid / therapeutic use*
  • Buprenorphine / therapeutic use
  • Drug Prescriptions / standards
  • Drug and Narcotic Control
  • Fentanyl / therapeutic use
  • Guideline Adherence
  • Humans
  • Italy
  • Morphine / administration & dosage
  • Morphine / therapeutic use*
  • Neoplasms / complications*
  • Oxycodone / therapeutic use
  • Pain / etiology
  • Pain / prevention & control*
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • Practice Patterns, Physicians' / trends*
  • Time Factors

Substances

  • Analgesics, Opioid
  • Buprenorphine
  • Morphine
  • Oxycodone
  • Fentanyl