Trends in opioid dispensing to injured workers following codeine scheduling changes in Australia: a retrospective cohort study
Up-scheduling low-dose codeine to prescription-only medicines did not significantly change the dispensing of low-dose codeine-containing products to workers with accepted workers' compensation time loss claims for musculoskeletal conditions.
Authors
- Stephanie Mathieson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7335-8842)
- Christopher G. Maher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1628-7857)
- Christina Abdel Shaheed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1258-5125)
- Michael Di Donato (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6531-5949)
- Alex Collie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2617-9339)
- Giovanni E Ferreira (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8534-195X)
- Ting Xia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5033-6248)
- Yonas Getaye Tefera (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9205-9442)
Institutions
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- Institute for Musculoskeletal Health (AU)
- Sydney Local Health District (AU)
- Monash University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Open
- Published
- 2025-03-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-092651
- Primary Topic
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Health and Medical Research Council