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Nearly 11 percent of people admitted to an intensive care unit in Sweden between 2010 and 2018 received opioid prescriptions on a regular basis for at least six months and up to two years after discharge. That is according to a study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet published in
Critical Care Medicine. The findings suggest some may become chronic opioid users despite a lack of evidence of the drugs long-term effectiveness and risks linked to increased mortality. We know that the sharp rise in opioid prescriptions in the U.S. has contributed to a deadly opioid crisis there, says first author Erik von Oelreich, PhD student in the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology at Karolinska Institutet. Now, there are signs that opioid prescriptions have increased in parts of Europe and it is therefore important to find out to what extent opioid prescriptions during and after intensive care may contribute to long-term use and its consequences.