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2020 Jun


Emerg Med Australas


32


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Does prescribing of immediate release oxycodone by emergency medicine physicians result in persistence of Schedule 8 opioids following discharge?

Authors

Veal F, Thompson A, Halliday S, Boyles P, Orlikowski C, Huckerby E, Bereznicki L
Emerg Med Australas. 2020 Jun; 32(3):489-493.
PMID: 31837655.

Abstract

To identify the prevalence of oxycodone immediate release (IR) prescribed during an ED admission and the persistence of Schedule 8 (S8) opioids following an ED admission.