Fewer people prescribed opioids but data for all provinces needed: doctor

By Camille Bains / The Canadian Press
Number of patients prescribed opioids down 10% from 2013

VANCOUVER—Fewer people in British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Ontario were prescribed opioids last year compared with 2013 and the number of patients who began treatment on the pain medication decreased by nearly 10 per cent, the Canadian Institute for Health Information says. The institute said in a report released Thursday that eight per cent fewer patients, or about 220,000 people, in those provinces are taking prescription opioids while approximately 175,000 fewer people were started on the drugs.…

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