Module 4: Therapeutics
Lesson 1
Need for judicious CDS prescribing (cont’d)
Data on the cost of non-medical use of prescription opioids in Canada is not available. However, in the United States it is estimated that the annual cost of the non-medical use of prescription opioids is more than $50 billion, with 94% of this cost due to lost productivity and crime (Expert Working Group on Narcotic Addiction, 2012).
References:
- Dhalla, I., Mamdani, M., Siviliotti, M., Kopp, A., Quershi, O., & Juurlink, D. (2009). Prescribing of opioid analgesics and related mortality before and after the introduction of long-acting oxycodone. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 181(12), 891-896. doi:https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.090784
- Expert Working Group on Narcotic Addiction. (2012). The Way Forward: Stewardship for prescription narcotics in Ontario. Retrieved from http://www.health.gov.on.ca/en/public/publications/mental/docs/way_forward_2012.pdf
