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International prescribing-trend comparisons — opioids, gabapentinoids, antipsychotics, dementia medications, antiseizure drugs, antidiabetics and ADHD medications across 60+ countries and regions, often co-led with the WHO Collaborating Centre framework.
7 papers · 2021–2025
- 2025 · CNS Drugs
International trends in opioid prescribing by age and sex from 2001 to 2019: a population-based study from 18 countries and one special administrative region
Chan AYL, Bahmanyar S, Beyene K, Bushnell G, Carleton B, Chan AHY, ..., Man KKC, Wong ICK.
- 2025 · EClinicalMedicine
Antiseizure medications consumption in 73 countries and regions from 2012 to 2022: a longitudinal trend study
Chan AYL, Yuen ASC, Hsia Y, Lau WCY, Cross JH, Walker MC, ..., Man KKC, Wong ICK.
antiseizureepilepsydrug utilizationmultinational 📄 Full text DOI: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2025.103558 PMID: 41140454 - 2024 · The Lancet Psychiatry
Psychotropic drug prescribing before and during the COVID-19 pandemic among people with depressive and anxiety disorders: a multinational network study
Luo H, Chai Y, Li S, Lau WCY, Torre CO, Hayes J, ..., Man KKC, Wong ICK.
psychotropicCOVID 19depressionanxietymultinational 📄 Full text DOI: 10.1016/S2215-0366(24)00245-1 PMID: 39241791 - 2023 · Nature Communications
Gabapentinoid consumption in 65 countries and regions from 2008 to 2018: a longitudinal trend study
Chan AYL, Yuen ASC, Tsai DHT, Lau WCY, Jani YH, Hsia Y, ..., Wong ICK, Man KKC.
gabapentinoiddrug utilizationmultinational 📄 Full text DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-40637-8 PMID: 37591833 - 2022 · The Lancet Public Health
Global, regional, and national trends in opioid analgesic consumption from 2015 to 2019: a longitudinal study
Ju C, Wei L, Man KKC, Wang Z, Ma TT, Chan AYL, ..., Wong ICK, Lau WCY.
- 2021 · The Lancet Psychiatry
Psychotropic medicine consumption in 65 countries and regions, 2008–19: a longitudinal study
Brauer R, Alfageh B, Blais JE, Chan EWY, Chui CSL, Hayes JF, ..., Wei L, Wong ICK.
psychotropicdrug utilizationmultinational 📄 Full text DOI: 10.1016/S2215-0366(21)00292-3 PMID: 34801129 - 2021 · European Journal of Neurology
Global trends in symptomatic medication use against dementia in 66 countries/regions from 2008 to 2018
Ju C, Wong ICK, Lau WCY, Man KKC, Brauer R, Ma TT, ..., Li X, Wei L.