Table 1.
Characteristics of cases in tapentadol and oxycodone/naloxone related adverse drug reaction reports.
| Characteristic | Tapentadol N = 104 |
Oxycodone/naloxone N = 249 |
|---|---|---|
| Female sex, n (%) | 68 (69.4) | 145 (59.4) |
| Missing sex | 8 | 6 |
| Age, mean (SD) | 54.2 (17.1) | 62.8 (17.8) |
| Missing age | 35 | 61 |
| Causality, n (%) | ||
| possible | 104 (100) | 248 (99.6) |
| probable | – | 1 (0.4) |
| Reporter type, n (%) | ||
| Drug company | 50 (47.2) | 136 (54.4) |
| Pharmacist | 24 (22.6) | 34 (13.6) |
| Hospital | 13 (12.3) | 49 (19.6) |
| Doctor | 11 (10.4) | 10 (4) |
| Coroner court | 4 (3.8) | – |
| Public | 3 (2.8) | 13 (5.2) |
| Nurse | 1 (0.9) | – |
| Specialist | – | 7 (2.8) |
| Not recorded | – | 1 (0.4) |
| Outcome, n (%) | ||
| Recovered | 47 (87) | 139 (76.4) |
| Death | 5 (9.3) | 4 (2.2) |
| Not yet recovered | 2 (3.7) | 25 (13.7) |
| Recovering | – | 13 (7.1) |
| Unrelated death | – | 1 (0.4) |
| Missing outcome | 52 | 68 |
| Number of medications, mean (SD) | 2.67 (2.8) | 3.57 (3.6) |
SD, standard deviation.