Table 1 Total opioid consumption in 2019 and 2020.

From: Shift in hospital opioid use during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil: a time-series analysis of one million prescriptions

Drug and route

Units of consumption

Year

Total

Mean

Standard deviation

Highest mean weekly consumption

Parenteral fentanyl*

mcg

2019

171,240,825

3,293,093

353,450

588 (EW 10)

mcg

2020

216,817,273

4,090,892

1,508,169

1165 (EW 19)

Enteral methadone*

mg

2019

1,289,378

24,796

5003

58 (EW 30)

mg

2020

1,560,053

29,435

6756

60 (EW 40)

Parenteral methadone*

mg

2019

147,158

2830

1122

33 (EW 34)

mg

2020

245,038

4623

2153

63 (EW 13)

Parenteral morphine

mg

2019

4,797,794

92,265

9962

21 (EW 1)

mg

2020

4,066,550

76,727

17,782

20 (EW 21)

Parenteral remifentanil

mg

2019

1,518,910

29,210

5571

17 (EW 18)

mg

2020

1,398,366

26,384

9896

29 (EW 19)

Parenteral sufentanil

mcg

2019

12,824,426

246,624

49,160

594 (EW 26)

mcg

2020

7,183,737

135,542

63,912

495 (EW 24)

Parenteral tramadol

mg

2019

35,480,617

682,320

44,522

58 (EW 1)

mg

2020

27,068,579

510,728

131,969

59 (EW 53)

  1. *Significant increase in mean consumption between 2019 and 2020 (Student t test).
  2. Significant decrease in mean consumption between 2019 and 2020 (Student t test).