Opioid sub-category |
Dispense events |
Recipients |
Prescribers |
Oxycodone and oxycodone compounds |
2,602,923 |
521,478 |
29,006 |
Codeine and codeine compounds |
2,387,957 |
944,048 |
35,545 |
Hydromorphone |
1,744,326 |
229,122 |
23,106 |
Fentanyl patches |
363,422 |
32,182 |
10,318 |
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Fentanyl tablets |
890 |
213 |
137 |
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Oxycodone-naloxone compounds |
12,969 |
1,989 |
1,070 |
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Meperidine |
28,210 |
8,047 |
3,929 |
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Buprenorphine |
37,486 |
7,391 |
2,671 |
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Tapentadol |
42,455 |
8,206 |
2,232 |
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Methadone for pain |
46,127 |
2,846 |
604 |
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Tramadol |
467,363 |
173,952 |
17,722 |
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Other |
584,860 |
391,176 |
16,127 |
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Total |
8,961,929 |
1,956,004 |
43,572 |
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Number of opioid recipients , by sex and age group , fiscal year 2014 / 15 | |||||||
# of recipients | |||||||
0 |
200,000 |
400,000 |
600,000 |
800,000 |
1,000,000 |
% of total opioid dispenses |
29 % Oxycodone and oxycodone compounds
|
27 % Codeine and codeine compounds
|
20 % Hydromorphone
|
7 % Morphine
|
4 % Fentanyl patches
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