Patterns of initial opioid prescription and its association with short-term and long-term use among opioid-naïve patients in Malaysia: a retrospective cohort study.

Objective: This study examined opioid prescription initiation patterns and their association with short-term and long-term opioid use among opioid-naïve patients.

Design: This study was designed as a retrospective cohort study.

Setting And Participants: In this study, we analysed the prescription databases of tertiary hospitals in Malaysia.