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Opioid Use & Pain Management In Canada Infographic
Prescription opioid use is on the decline but in 2018, almost 1 in 8 Canadians were prescribed opioids: Canadian Institute for Health Information. Opioid prescribing in Canada: How are practices changing? [Internet]. Ottawa: CIHI; 2019. [cited 2021 Jun]. Available here.
Opioid-related deaths have increased across Canada; Most deaths are accidental & involve illegal fentanyl use; Jan-Sep 2020, 85% of deaths occurred in BC, Alberta and Ontario: Special Advisory Committee on the Epidemic of Opioid Overdoses. Opioid- and stimulant-related harms in Canada [Internet]. Ottawa: Public Health Agency of Canada; 2021 June (cited 2021 Jun). Available here.
Nearly 10% of Canadians using prescription opioids report "problematic use": Statistics Canada. Canadian Community Health Survey, 2018 [Internet]. Ottawa: Statistics Canada; 2019 Jun 25 [cited 2021 Jun]. Available here.
60% increase in opioid-related deaths in Ontario from 2019 to 2020: Gomes T, Murray R, Kolla G, Leece P, Bansal S, Besharah J, Cahill T, Campbell T, Fritz A, Munro C, Toner L, Watford J on behalf of the Ontario Drug Policy Research Network, Office of the Chief Coroner for Ontario and Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion (Public Health Ontario). Changing circumstances surrounding opioid-related deaths in Ontario during the COVID-19 pandemic [Internet]. Toronto: Ontario Drug Policy Research Network; 2021 (cited 2021 Jun). Available here.
As many as 83% of prescribed opioid pills are not used following elective adult surgeries: Srikandarajah S, Feinberg AE, Chiu JC. Standardization of prescriptions to decrease excess opioids after appendectomy and cholecystectomy [Internet].Toronto: North York General Hospital; 2019(cited 2021 June). Available here.
Brat GA, Agniel D, Beam A, Yorkgitis B, Bicket M, Homer M, et al. Postsurgical prescriptions for opioid naive patients and association with overdose and misuse: retrospective cohort study. BMJ. 2018 Jan 17;360:j5790. Available here.80% of heroin users report being introduced to opioids through prescription pills, many of which were diverted from legitimate prescriptions: National Institute on Drug Abuse. Prescription Opioids and Heroin Research Report: Prescription opioid use is a risk factor for heroin use. Washington DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (Internet). (cited 2021 June). Available here.
11% of Ontario high school students report using prescription painkillers non-medically: Boak, A., Hamilton, H.A., Adlaf, E.M., & Mann, R.E. (2020). Drug use among Ontario students, 1977–2019: OSDUHS highlights (CAMH Research Document Series No. 42). Toronto: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health.
67% of students using opioid painkillers non-medically say they got them from their homes: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. Youth and prescription painkillers. How do young people get them [Internet]. Toronto: CAMH. (cited 2021 Apr). Available here.
What is SolvingPain & the Perioperative Pain Management Pathway? Infographic
60% increase in opioid-related deaths in Ontario from 2019 to 2020: Gomes T, Murray R, Kolla G, Leece P, Bansal S, Besharah J, Cahill T, Campbell T, Fritz A, Munro C, Toner L, Watford J on behalf of the Ontario Drug Policy Research Network, Office of the Chief Coroner for Ontario and Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion (Public Health Ontario). Changing circumstances surrounding opioid-related deaths in Ontario during the COVID-19 pandemic [Internet]. Toronto: Ontario Drug Policy Research Network; 2021 (cited 2021 Jun). Available here.
As many as 83% of prescribed opioid pills are not used following elective adult surgeries: Srikandarajah S, Feinberg AE, Chiu JC. Standardization of prescriptions to decrease excess opioids after appendectomy and cholecystectomy [Internet].Toronto: North York General Hospital; 2019(cited 2021 June). Available here.
Brat GA, Agniel D, Beam A, Yorkgitis B, Bicket M, Homer M, et al. Postsurgical prescriptions for opioid naive patients and association with overdose and misuse: retrospective cohort study. BMJ. 2018 Jan 17;360:j5790. Available here.