Provides details such as Morphine Equivalent Dose (MED), brand name
and opioid content which are calculated of all oral opioids authorized
for sale by Health Canada based on their Drug Identification Number
(DIN). MEDs are calculated based on recommendations by Canadian
Institute for Health Information (CIHI) and information obtained from
Health Canada’s Drug Product Database’s monthly data dump. Please note
in no way should output from this package be a substitute for medical
advise.
All medications should only be consumed on prescription from a licensed
healthcare provider
library(OralOpioids)
HealthCanada_Opioid_Table <- load_HealthCanada_Opioid_Table(filelocation = tempdir())
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## The HealthCanada_Opioid_Table was successfully updated to 2023-01-03.
## DISCLAIMER: Not a substitute for medical advise. Please note that the output generated by the package should not be substituted for clinical advise and any medication ## should be only consumed at the advise of a licensed healthcare provider.
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## Source url of the data: https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/drugs-health-products/drug-products/drug-product-database/what-data-extract-drug-product-database.html
## Source url used for dosing: https://www.cihi.ca/sites/default/files/document/opioid-prescribing-canada-trends-en-web.pdf
head(HealthCanada_Opioid_Table)
## DIN MED_per_dispensing_unit Base1 Base2 Base3 Opioid Route Form Brand No_tabs/ml assuming 50 MED limit per day
## 1 2517175 Couldn't be calculated 1 N BUPRENORPHINE 2 MG SUBLINGUAL TABLET TARO-BUPRENORPHINE/NALOXONE Couldn't be calculated
## 2 2517175 Couldn't be calculated 1 N NALOXONE 0.5 MG SUBLINGUAL TABLET TARO-BUPRENORPHINE/NALOXONE Couldn't be calculated
## 3 2517183 Couldn't be calculated 1 N BUPRENORPHINE 8 MG SUBLINGUAL TABLET TARO-BUPRENORPHINE/NALOXONE Couldn't be calculated
## 4 2517183 Couldn't be calculated 1 N NALOXONE 2 MG SUBLINGUAL TABLET TARO-BUPRENORPHINE/NALOXONE Couldn't be calculated
## 5 2518759 5 1 N TRAMADOL 50 MG ORAL TABLET JAMP TRAMADOL HCL 10
## 6 763527 1.2 1 N CODEINE 8 MG ORAL TABLET ORADRINE TABLETS 42
## No_tabs/ml assuming 90 MED limit per day Maximum No_tabs/ml assuming 50 MED limit for 7 days Maximum No_tabs/ml assuming 50 MED limit for 14 days
## 1 Couldn't be calculated Couldn't be calculated Couldn't be calculated
## 2 Couldn't be calculated Couldn't be calculated Couldn't be calculated
## 3 Couldn't be calculated Couldn't be calculated Couldn't be calculated
## 4 Couldn't be calculated Couldn't be calculated Couldn't be calculated
## 5 18 70 140
## 6 75 294 588
## Maximum No_tabs/ml assuming 50 MED limit for 30 days Status_1 last_updated
## 1 Couldn't be calculated APPROVED 2023-01-03
## 2 Couldn't be calculated APPROVED 2023-01-03
## 3 Couldn't be calculated APPROVED 2023-01-03
## 4 Couldn't be calculated APPROVED 2023-01-03
## 5 300 APPROVED 2023-01-03
## 6 1260 CANCELLED POST MARKET 2023-01-03
MED(786535,HealthCanada_Opioid_Table)
## [1] 5
Brand(786535, HealthCanada_Opioid_Table)
## [1] "DILAUDID"
Opioid(786535,HealthCanada_Opioid_Table)
## [1] "HYDROMORPHONE 1 MG"
MED_50(786535,HealthCanada_Opioid_Table)
[1] 10
MED_90(786535,HealthCanada_Opioid_Table)
[1] 18