TABLE 2.
Number and proportion of patients with and/or without concomitant prescriptions by drug class.
| Prescription Categories | Acetaminophen n = 24,395 | Opioids n = 11,685 | Sedatives n = 6,412 | Anesthetics n = 5,541 | Paralytics n = 679 | Antidotes n = 473 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of patients without concomitant prescription, n (%) | 17,324 (71.0) | 2002 (17.1) | 200 (3.1) | 1,626 (29.3) | 9 (1.3) | 91 (19.2) |
| Number of patients with and without concomitant prescription, n (%) * | 5,868 (24.1) | 4,363 (37.3) | 454 (7.1) | 860 (15.5) | 9 (1.3) | 40 (8.5) |
| Number of patients with concomitant prescription, n (%) | 1,203 (4.9) | 5,320 (45.5) | 5,758 (89.8) | 3,055 (55.1) | 661 (97.3) | 342 (72.3) |
| Number of patients with concomitant prescription by drug class, n (%) | ||||||
| Opioids | 6376 (26.1) | - | 5,888 (91.8) | 3,174 (57.3) | 623 (91.8) | 301 (63.6) |
| Sedatives | 3,150 (12.9) | 5,888 (50.4) | - | 1,480 (26.7) | 541 (79.7) | 252 (53.3) |
| Anesthetics | 2,183 (8.9) | 3,174 (27.2) | 1,480 (23.1) | - | 262 (38.6) | 76 (16.1) |
| Paralytics | 284 (1.2) | 623 (5.3) | 541 (8.4) | 262 (4.7) | - | 14 (3.0) |
| Antidotes | 263 (1.1) | 301 (2.6) | 252 (3.9) | 76 (1.4) | 14 (2.1) | - |
| acetaminophen | - | 6,376 (54.6) | 3,150 (49.1) | 2,183 (39.4) | 284 (41.8) | 263 (55.6) |
Percentages were calculated with the total number of patients per drug class.*Patients could have multiple prescriptions for one drug class: some with and some without concomitant prescriptions of another drug class