Abstract Background In the United States of America, the increased use of opioids is
associated with serious risks, such as overdose, opioid use disorder and death. In Portugal …

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 …

Aims This study delves into the two-year opioid prescription trends in the Local Sanitary
Agency Naples 3 South, Campania Region, Italy. The research aims to elucidate prescribing …

Background: The opioid epidemic has been extensively documented in the United States
and Canada, but fewer data are available for Europe. Aim: To describe the trends in opioid …

Objectives The rise in opioid prescriptions with a parallel increase in opioid use disorders
remains a significant challenge in some developed countries (opioid epidemic). However …

Background and objectives Opioid consumption is an appropriate indicator of pain
treatment. In Spain, there are scarcely any studies on the evolution of the consumption of …

Objective: To characterize the trend of opioid use (number of users, dispensations and oral
morphine milligram equivalents) in Catalonia (Spain). Design, setting, and participants: This …

Introduction: The use of opioids has increased markedly in the past decades in European
countries, especially for treatment of non-cancer pain including painful chronic …

Background Opioid consumption data in Italy have been widely studied. However, only
aggregate data can be found in the published literature, and differences are expected by …

Background Opioid use is well documented in several countries: some countries struggle
with overuse, whereas others have almost no access to opioids. For Europe, limited data are …