• Filled prescriptions for opioids among children and adolescents – a nationwide study from 2010 to 2018 

      Hamina, Aleksi; Handal, Marte; Fredheim, Olav Magnus; Clausen, Thomas; Chen, Li-Chia; Skurtveit, Svetlana Ondrasova (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Background Prescribing opioids for children and adolescents should be reserved for advanced life-limiting diseases and moderate-to-severe acute pain. Pediatric codeine use is discouraged by several authorities, but the ...
    • Prescriptions of analgesics during chronic cancer disease trajectories: A complete national cohort study 

      Fredheim, Olav Magnus; Skurtveit, Svetlana Ondrasova; Sjøgren, Per; Aljabri, Belal; Hjellvik, Vidar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Purpose Pain management principles vary considerably between chronic noncancer, acute and cancer pain. Cancer patients responding to oncological treatment may live with low tumor burden for years. Opioid treatment should ...
    • Tramadol use in Norway: A register-based population study 

      Birke, Hanne; Ekholm, Ola; Sjøgren, Per; Fredheim, Olav Magnus; Clausen, Thomas; Skurtveit, Svetlana (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Purpose Increasing use of tramadol for chronic non‐cancer pain is concerning since tramadol users may be at risk of developing recurrent opioid use with increasing opioid consumption and co‐medication. Therefore, we ...