UBC MD Class of 2022
Author profile
Rebecca Z. Xu, MD
Background Long-term opioid therapy is associated with significant side effect profiles.[1-4] The prevalence of long-term opioid therapy has been reported to be 5.4% in the United States and 17.6% in Canada.[5,6]... Read More
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the deadly overdose crisis. According to Canada’s public health agency, there were 6213 opioid-related deaths in 2020. In 2019, there were fewer than 4000. British Columbia... Read More