Drug prescribing differences between countries

[Psychonauticunt]

Sorry to resurrect an old thread, but I thought this was still an interesting thing to maybe at least one or two people. A decade after the previous data I published, I've got fresh goods from 2021-2015 Finnish prescription drug numbers. Again, as Defined Daily Doses per 1000 I will presently only the 2015 findings but no category has made a significant shift over for years.

Pethidine (meperidine)
Tramado/dextropopoxyphene	0,01
Codeine/ibuprofen	0,06
Hydromorphone	0,09
Morphine	0,23
Tramadol/paracetamol	0,26
Fentanyl	0,38
Oxycodone/naloxone	0,41
Buprenorphine	1,47
Oxycodone	1,56
Tramadol/paracetamol	2,23
Codeine/paracetamol	4,67
Opioids total	11,38
ANALGETICS IN TOTAL	77,05

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Worth mentioning as a footnote that Gabapentin clocks in at 6,93 and Pregabalin at 6,58. Cannabinoids, though a few receive it legally, register as plain zero. Also, if I'm not mistaken, the buprenorphine stat doesn't include drug replacement therapy.

My typing hands are being to tire and my lazing hands getting warmed up, so I'll give you the basic list of other known drugs of abuse, no doubt skipping bits I may return to if I can be arsed. Right, to the juicy bits.

Levomethadone	0,26
Methadone	0,29
Bupreorphine/naloxone	0,43
Buprenorphine	2,19
(NON-)BENZOS
Diazepam	2,82
Oxazepam	3,81
Lorazepam	1,39
Clobazam	0,43
Alprazolam	2,02
Nitrazepam
Triazolam	0,01
Midazolam	0,17
Zopiclone	7,76
Zolpidem	3,43
Methylphenidate	11,77
Dextroamphetamine	0,33
Lisdexamphetamine	6,19
and there's your pharmacy crank​