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Substance Abuse via Legally Prescribed Drugs: The Case of Vicodin in the United States [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Vicodin is the most commonly prescribed pain reliever in the United States. Research indicates that there are two million people who are currently abusing Vicodin, and the majority of those who abuse Vicodin were initially exposed to it via prescription.
Caldwell, Wendy K.   +6 more
core   +2 more sources

Do Injury, Depression, and PTSD Mediate the Relationships Between Latent Profiles of Cumulative Lifetime Violence and Chronic Pain Disability in Men?

open access: yesResearch in Nursing &Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Knowledge of association between violence and chronic pain in men is limited by neglect of violence experiences as perpetrator, disregard of heterogeneity in cumulative lifetime violence severity (CLVS), weak understanding of mediation pathways, and inattention to social determinants of health (SDOH).
Judith Wuest   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prescription Drug Abuse Among Patients in Rural Dental Practices Reported by Members of the National Dental PBRN. [PDF]

open access: yesJ Rural Health, 2020
McCauley JL   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Kids Are Not Alright: Leveraging Existing Health Law to Attack the Opioid Crisis Upstream [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
The opioid crisis is now a nationwide epidemic, ravaging both rural and urban communities. The public health and economic consequences are staggering; recent estimates suggest the epidemic has contracted the U.S. labor market by over one million jobs and
Cannon, Yael
core   +2 more sources

The Uncharted Territory of the New Obesity Drugs in Users Without Obesity: A Sociomedical Perspective

open access: yesObesity, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The off‐label use of glucagon‐like peptide‐1 receptor agonists (GLP‐1ra) among people without obesity and/or diabetes is rapidly expanding, despite a lack of clinical justification or safety data in this population. This Perspective explores the sociomedical dimensions of this trend, highlighting key research gaps and emerging hypotheses ...
Fernanda Baeza Scagliusi   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Intranasal diamorphine population pharmacokinetics modeling and simulation in pediatric breakthrough pain

open access: yesCPT: Pharmacometrics &Systems Pharmacology, Volume 14, Issue 3, Page 435-447, March 2025.
Abstract Intranasal diamorphine (IND), approved for managing breakthrough pain in the UK, has been identified as an acceptable alternative offering effective, expedient, and less traumatic analgesia for children. However, the current dose regimen in pediatric populations relies on clinical expertise while the pharmacokinetics properties are poorly ...
Lianjin Cai   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Abuse of prescription drugs.

open access: yesThe Western journal of medicine, 1990
An estimated 3% of the United States population deliberately misuse or abuse psychoactive medications, with severe consequences. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, more than half of patients who sought treatment or died of drug-related medical problems in 1989 were abusing prescription drugs.
openaire   +1 more source

Why Autonomous Vehicles Are Not Ready Yet: A Multi‐Disciplinary Review of Problems, Attempted Solutions, and Future Directions

open access: yesJournal of Field Robotics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Personal autonomous vehicles can sense their surrounding environment, plan their route, and drive with little or no involvement of human drivers. Despite the latest technological advancements and the hopeful announcements made by leading entrepreneurs, to date no personal vehicle is approved for road circulation in a “fully” or “semi ...
Xingshuai Dong   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

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