Opioid prescription patterns in the province of Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (2016-2020): differences between urban and rural areas.
Date
2023Abstract
The use of opioids has increased markedly in the past decades in European countries, especially for treatment of non-cancer pain including painful chronic musculoskeletal conditions. However, therearesomenotabledifferences in the relative levels of use between geographical areas and some distinct, context-specific patterns of weak and strong opioid use. The aim of this work is to describe real world trends in dosage forms and population exposure in the prescription opioid use on isolated geographically area: The Canary Islands of Gran Canaria, Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, Spain. For this, several factors such as living in a rural or urban area, population over 65 years of age, population density or socioeconomic status were analyzed.