Table 2. Daily OMEQe (mg) issued on prescription, given as annual totals and adjusted to population, stratified by drug.
| Oral or transdermal opioids | ||||
| Total daily OMEQe (mg) dose prescribed | Annual total daily OMEQe dose (mg) per 1000 population | OMEQe dose (mg) per prescription issued | Annual number of prescriptions issued per 1000 population | |
| Buprenorphine | 23 641 528 | |||
| 2005 | 977 464 | 422 | 98 | 4 |
| 2015 | 2 756 458 | 1142 | 37 | 31 |
| Rate change, % | 182 | 170.5 | –61.7 | 606.3 |
| Codeine | 223 817 156 | |||
| 2005 | 13 743 115 | 5916 | 17 | 357 |
| 2015 | 25 593 382 | 10 581 | 19 | 549 |
| Rate change, % | 86.2 | 78.8 | 16.2 | 53.9 |
| Dihydrocodeine | 44 600 874 | |||
| 2005 | 4 368 806 | 1887 | 12 | 154 |
| 2015 | 3 471 460 | 1438 | 13 | 109 |
| Rate change, % | –20.5 | –23.8 | 7.7 | –29.2 |
| Fentanyl | 64 138 905 | |||
| 2005 | 2 695 290 | 1164 | 186 | 6 |
| 2015 | 6 496 270 | 2691 | 147 | 18 |
| Rate change, % | 141.0 | 131.2 | –21.2 | 193.2 |
| Morphine | 91 132 530 | |||
| 2005 | 3 293 220 | 1422 | 86 | 17 |
| 2015 | 17 047 800 | 7063 | 68 | 104 |
| Rate change, % | 417.7 | 396.6 | –20.6 | 525.6 |
| Oxycodone | 45 120 680 | |||
| 2005 | 1 316 480 | 569 | 105 | 5 |
| 2015 | 6 165 400 | 2554 | 100 | 26 |
| Rate change, % | 368.3 | 349.3 | –4.9 | 372.4 |
| Tramadol | 144 173 635 | |||
| 2005 | 7 865 695 | 3397 | 36 | 95 |
| 2015 | 14 252 335 | 5905 | 38 | 156 |
| Rate change, % | 81.2 | 73.8 | 5.7 | 64.4 |
| Other | 8 888 696 | |||
| 2005 | 3 446 735 | 1719 | 27 | 56 |
| 2015 | 699 711 | 347 | 58 | 5 |
| Rate change, % | –79.7 | –79.8 | 117.4 | –91.0 |
Results are rounded to nearest whole number. Rate change (%) calculated using original, unrounded data. Original data are available from the authors on request.