20,874 prescriptions were written for patients in 2014. That fell to 16,987 in 2022. The biggest drop was seen between 2016 and 2018 with a difference of 2,867 prescriptions. The figures include all opioids used for the treatment of moderate to severe pain, such as oxycodone, morphine, codeine, fentanyl, and methadone. Meanwhile the prescription of […]
