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Table 3 Detailed prescription of main opioids used in relation to pain severity before and after referral to Palliative Care Centre

From: The pattern of change in opioid and adjuvant prescriptions for cancer pain before and after referral to a comprehensive program in the Palliative Care Center in Kuwait

  None Morphine Oxycodone TDF Tramadol
Before Regular 23 (%) 22(9.2%) 24 (10%) 70 (19.2%) 20(8.3%)
PRN 27(11.2%) 26 (10.8%) 0 49(20.4%)
Mild Regular 5 1(4.5%) 0 7(31.8%) 0
N = 22(9.2%) PRN 0 3(13.6%) 0 2(9.1%)
Moderate Regular 16(11.19%) 15(10.5%) 12(8.4%) 26(18.2%) 13(9.1%)
N = 143(59.6%) PRN 15(10.5%) 12(8.4%) 0 35(24.5%)
Severe Regular 2(2.67%) 6(8%) 12(16%) 37(49.3%) 7(9.3%)
N = 75(31.2%) PRN 12(16%) 11(14.7%) 0 12(16%)
Day 3 Regular 0 53(23.2%) 21(8.8%) 38(15.8%) 27(11.2%)
  PRN 0 61(25.4%) 14(5.8%) 0 59(24.6%)
Mild Regular 0 15(15.2%) 5(5%) 11(11%) 12(12%)
N = 100(41.6%) PRN 0 23(23.2%) 5(5%)   35(35%)
Moderate Regular 0 32(26.7%) 12(10%) 23(19.2%) 12(10%)
N = 120(50.0%) PRN 0 32(26.7%) 8(6.7%)   22(18.3%)
Severe Regular 0 6(30%) 4(20%) 4(20%) 3(15%)
N = 20(8.3%) PRN 0 6(30%) 1(5%)   1(5%)
Day 6 Regular 0 58(24.2%) 20(8.3%) 24(10%) 22(9.4%)
PRN 0 59(25.4%) 12(5%) 0 49(20.4%)
Mild Regular 0 37(39.1%) 8(8.2%) 15(11%) 18(17.6%)
N = 168(70%) PRN 0 43(41.2%) 9(16.2%) 0 39(47.8%)
Moderate Regular 0 18(29%) 10(16.1%) 7(11.3%) 4(6.5%)
N = 62(25.8%) PRN 0 16(25.8%) 1(1.6%) 0 10(16.8)
Severe Regular 0 3(30%) 2(20%) 2(20%) 0
N = 10(4.2%) PRN 0 2(20%) 2(20%) 0 0
Day 14 Regular 0 63(25.4%) 19(7.9%) 22(9.2%) 15(6.2%)
PRN 0 61(26.2%) 8(303%) 0 37(15.4%)
Mild Regular 0 55(51.7%) 11(8.8%) 17(16.2%) 14(12.2%)
N = 209(87%) PRN 0 55(51.7%) 7(7.1%) 0 32(27.4%)
Moderate Regular 0 7(26.9%) 6(23.1%) 4(15.4%) 1(3.8%)
N = 26(10.8%) PRN 0 6(23.1%) 4(3%) 0 5(19.2%)
Severe Regular 0 1(1.6%) 2(40%) 1(20%) 0
N = 5(2.1%) PRN 0 0 0 0 0
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