En kvinne i 40- årene som brukte vanedannende legemidler i svært høye doser.

En kvinne i 40-årene som brukte vanedannende legemidler i svært høye doser. Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen. 2020 Jan 14;140(1): Authors: Heldal AT, Aamo TO, Frost J Abstract BACKGROUND: Following a surgical procedure, a female patient in her forties was prescribed opioids (oxycodone). The prescription escalated into doses that were extremely high, and at a level beyond any experienced previously, either at the various hospital units that were involved in the treatment or in the medical literature. CASE PRESENTATION: The patient had no known history of substance abuse. After the surgical procedure, her general practitioner continued to prescribe the drug. The prescriptions escalated over the course of a couple of years, and at the time of our first contact with her, the doses had reached 11 000 mg oxycodone per day. INTERPRETATION: The high doses were tapered down over the course of around nine months. The spiralling prescriptions had several causes: the oxycodone treatment was initiated without a set plan for withdrawal; the patient had a change of general practitioner during the early stage; and she was a patient without any history of substance abuse. The costs escalated to the extent that the Norwegian Health Economics Administration eventually refused further payments. In such cases there is a need for close cooperation between the inpatient drug rehabilitation care unit and medical and pharmacological units. ...
Source: Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening - Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen Source Type: research