Erratum to: J Headache Pain DOI 10.1007/s10194-008-0046-6
This article unfortunately contained errors in two places.
1. The two columns of data in Table
1 were under the wrong headings. The correct version of Table
1 is given here:
Table 1
Relative proportions of standardised medication units (SU) among different countries comparing weighted and unweighted proportions
USA | 58.2 | 48.3 |
Germany (West) | 16.0 | 19.7 |
Canada | 12.2 | 10.7 |
France | 9.7 | 16.7 |
Sweden | 1.1 | 1.3 |
Switzerland | 0.7 | 0.8 |
Austria | 1.7 | 1.8 |
Belgium | 0.3 | 0.6 |
Australia | 0.1 | 0.1 |
Total 9 countries | 100 | 100 |
2. Incorrect percentages were given in the last paragraph of the “Results” section, immediately before the “Discussion”. The corrected paragraph is as follows:
In 2005 in the prescription (Rx) group of N2B analgesics, combination products accounted for approx. 33% of all Rx analgesics in terms of SU. The most important combinations are tilidine plus naloxone (14% of all SU in the Rx group), followed by codeine plus paracetamol (12%). The predominating single products in the Rx group are metamizole (36%) and tramadol (21%). Growth in the Rx group can be seen for both the combinations named and the single products.
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