Effect of withdrawal of co-proxamol on prescribing and deaths from drug poisoning in England and Wales: time series analysis

Hawton, K; Bergen, H; Simkin, S; Brock, A; Griffiths, C; Romeri, E; Smith, K; Kapur, N; Gunnell, D

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Effect of withdrawal of co-proxamol on prescribing and deaths from drug poisoning in England and Wales: time series analysis

Abstract:: Objective: To assess the effect on the UK Committee on Safety of Medicines' announcement in January 2005 of withdrawal of co-proxamol on analgesic prescribing and poisoning mortality. Design: Interrupted time series analysis for 1998-2007. Setting: England and Wales. Data sources: Prescribing data from the prescription statistics department of the Information Centre for Health and Social Care (England) and the Prescribing Services Unit, Health Solutions Wales (Wales). Mortality data from the ...
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Hawton, K., Bergen, H., Simkin, S., Brock, A., Griffiths, C., Romeri, E., Smith, K., Kapur, N., & Gunnell, D. (2009). Effect of withdrawal of co-proxamol on prescribing and deaths from drug poisoning in England and Wales: time series analysis. BMJ (British Medical Journal), 338.

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Hawton, K., et al. “Effect of Withdrawal of Co-Proxamol on Prescribing and Deaths from Drug Poisoning in England and Wales: Time Series Analysis.” BMJ (British Medical Journal), Publisher's version, vol. 338, BMJ Publishing Group, 2009.

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Hawton, K, H Bergen, S Simkin, A Brock, C Griffiths, E Romeri, K Smith, N Kapur, and D Gunnell. 2009. “Effect of Withdrawal of Co-Proxamol on Prescribing and Deaths from Drug Poisoning in England and Wales: Time Series Analysis.” BMJ (British Medical Journal) 338.
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+ Hawton, K More by this author

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University of Oxford

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MSD

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Psychiatry

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Centre for Suicide Research

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+ Bergen, H More by this author

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University of Oxford

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MSD

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Psychiatry

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Centre for Suicide Research

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+ Simkin, S More by this author

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University of Oxford

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MSD

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Psychiatry

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Centre for Suicide Research

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+ Brock, A More by this author

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"Office for National Statistics, London"

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+ Griffiths, C More by this author

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"Office for National Statistics, London"

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+ Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust More from this funder

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Hawton, K

+ National Institute of Health More from this funder

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RP-PG-0606-1247

+ Department of Health More from this funder

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Bergen, H

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Publisher:: BMJ Publishing Group
Journal:: BMJ (British Medical Journal) More from this journal
Volume:: 338
Article number:: b2270
Publication date:: 2009-06-01
DOI:: 10.1136/bmj.b2270
ISSN:: 1756-1833

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Language:: English
Keywords:: poisoning

co-proxamol

suicide
Subjects:: Statistics (see also social sciences)

Suicide research

Psychiatry
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Deposit date:: 2009-07-06

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Notes:: Citation: Hawton, K. et al. (2009). 'Effect of withdrawal of co-proxamol on prescribing and deaths from drug poisoning in England and Wales: time series analysis', BMJ, 338, b2270. [Available at http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/338/jun18_2/b2270]. © 2009 Hawton et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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