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Opioid use in Latin America: a vital challenge for health systems

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: OPIOID CONSUMPTION While we acknowledge that opioid availability in the region has improved in recent years, we challenge León and colleagues’ description of an ‘alarming expansion of opioid prescriptions’ in LA, which focusses primarily on management of chronic non-cancer pain (CNCP). This focus ignores other medical contexts where rational prescription of opioids is crucial, such […]

Source: Journal of Global Health

DOI: 10.7189/jogh.15.03030

Authors: Alejandra Palma, Pedro E Pérez-Cruz, Katherine Pettus, Tania Pastrana

Institutions: University of Chile, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Columbia University, Universitätsklinikum Aachen

Language: English

Topic: Opioid Use Disorder Treatment

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $1,200