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Prescription Drug Abuse: An Introduction [PDF]
MedEdPORTAL, 2010 Education in substance use disorders remains inadequate in medical training curricula. Although it is a growing health problem, prescription drug abuse is specifically addressed even less comprehensively.
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Utilization of the Arkansas Prescription Monitoring Program to combat prescription drug abuse [PDF]
Preventive Medicine Reports, 2015 Objective: The Arkansas Prescription Monitoring Program (AR PMP) was implemented in 2013 to combat prescription drug abuse. All enrollees were invited to participate in a user survey available in February 2014, to identify makeup of users, utilization of
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An Exploration of Social Circles and Prescription Drug Abuse Through Twitter [PDF]
Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2013 BackgroundPrescription drug abuse has become a major public health problem. Relationships and social context are important contributing factors. Social media provides online channels for people to build relationships that may influence attitudes and ...
Hanson, Carl Lee +3 more
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Can abuse deterrent formulations make a difference? Expectation and speculation [PDF]
Harm Reduction Journal, 2009 It is critical that issues surrounding the abuse and misuse of prescription opioids be balanced with the need for these medications for the treatment of pain.
Grimes Serrano Jill M +2 more
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Scientific African, 2023 Introduction: The North-Eastern, North-Western, and North-Central cities in Nigeria comprise of 19 states, each with its own governor. With over 400 ethnicities in the country, Northern Nigeria is home to many ethnic groups nearly half of whom are the ...
Kipazze Madaki
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Prescription drug diversion, misuse, and abuse among people living with HIV: a scoping review protocol [PDF]
Systematic Reviews, 2020 Background Prescription drugs are controlled medicines due to their potential risks of being diverted, misused, and abused. Since the introduction of antiretroviral (ARVs) drugs, HIV is currently regarded as a chronic condition.
Buyisile Chibi +2 more
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Promoting consistent use of prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMP) in outpatient pharmacies: Removing administrative barriers and increasing awareness of Rx drug abuse [PDF]
, 2015 Background Prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) are proving to be valuable resources in fighting the prescription drug abuse epidemic through improved access to patient drug histories.
Connor W. Norwood, Eric R. Wright
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From prescription to addiction: a study of prescription drug abuse [PDF]
Foresic Research & Criminology International Journal, 2019 General practitioners are dispensing an increasing number of painkillers to their patients at a time when drug abuse is rife in Britain’s prisons and addiction to prescription drugs is in the headlines due to the fall from grace of a high-profile celebrity.
Andrew O Hagan, Stephanie Burns
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Gym Users and Abuse of Prescription Drugs [PDF]
Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 2006 Anabolic steroids are synthetic derivatives of naturally occurring testosterone. According to surveys and media reports, androgenic anabolic steroid use is widespread.1 In 1991, data from the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse indicated that there were more than one million users in the USA.2 Steroids became controlled drugs in America in 1990 and
Julien S. Baker +2 more
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The 12 P’s of the Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic
American Journal of Public Health, 2018 The author presents the "12 P's of the prescription drug abuse epidemic" in the U.S., which include predatory promotion, profligate prescribing, physical pain, psychologic pathology, punishment policies, and pervasive poverty.
Randy Wykoff +2 more
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