Pain relief medication containing opioids, 2018.: CS82-625/2019001-8E-PDF
"Opioid use has emerged as a public health issue in Canada in recent years following a rise in opioid-related harms, such as increased hospitalizations and deaths linked to overdose. In 2018, the Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) asked Canadians about their prescription and non-prescription use of pain relief medications containing opioids, such as codeine or morphine. Overall, 40.5% of Canadians aged 15 years and older (roughly 11.8 million people) reported they had used this type of pain relief product in their lifetime"--Page 3.
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| Title | Pain relief medication containing opioids, 2018. |
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| Publication type | Monograph - View Master Record |
| Language | [English] |
| Other language editions | [French] |
| Format | Digital text |
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| Description | 1 online resource (11 pages) : charts. |
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