Table 3.
Percent of transplant recipients who had a prescription for ≥ 90 day of a specific opioid, by year
Opioid | 2006 (n=21,030) |
2007 (n=30,299) |
2008(n=32,586) | 2009 (n=34,153) |
2010 (n=36,486) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hydrocodone | 5.7% | 5.6% | 6.1% | 6.3% | 6.4% |
Oxycodone | 3.2% | 3.3% | 3.5% | 3.6% | 3.8% |
Propoxyphene | 1.6% | 1.5% | 1.4% | 1.2% | 1.0% |
Tramadol | 1.3% | 1.4% | 1.6% | 1.7% | 1.8% |
Codeine | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.4% |
Morphine | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.7% |
Hydromorphone | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.4% |
Fentanyl | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.8% |
Chronic prescription is not mutually exclusive; a recipient could have ≥ 90 days prescription for more than 1 opioid medication