Pharmaceutical opioid prescription for chronic pain in Australia: Trajectories of prescribing, risk of adverse events, and predictors of harm

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1022522

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

There is concern about rising levels of opioid analgesic prescribing in Australia. This study is important because it will provide evidence about long term outcomes for patients using opioid therapy for chronic non-malignant pain. It will examine prescribing patterns and link them to other health outcomes such as overdose. We will also study patients beginning opioid therapy for chronic pain and follow them up over 2 years to examine outcomes such as pain relief and medication side effects.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2012

End Date: 01-01-2016

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $1,086,274.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Medical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classified

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

longitudinal cohort study | longitudinal study | multidisciplinary | opioid analgesia | pain management | prescribing

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