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Addressing the unanswered questions: a qualitative exploration focusing on community dwellers using pregabalin without prescription in Islamabad city, Pakistan. [PDF]

open access: yesSubst Abuse Treat Prev Policy
Hafeez MM   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Prescription Drug Abuse [PDF]

open access: yesAnnals of Internal Medicine, 2014
The nonmedical use and abuse of prescription drugs is a serious public health problem in this country. Although most people take prescription medications responsibly, an estimated 52 million people (20 percent of those aged 12 and older) have used ...
Neil, Kirschner, Thomas G, Tape
core   +10 more sources

Prescription Drug Abuse: A Comparison of Prescriber and Pharmacist Perspectives

open access: yesSubstance Use and Misuse, 2013
This study compared perceptions of prescribers and pharmacists (N = 89) regarding multiple aspects of prescription drug abuse. Questionnaires were developed to assess perceptions regarding the prevalence of prescription drug abuse, self-perceived ...
Nicholas E Hagemeier   +2 more
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PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE

Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice, 1993
Misuse and abuse of prescription medication can be a difficult clinical area for physicians. Prior to prescribing any mood-altering medication, the physician should screen for patients at risk for abuse by asking about an individual or family history of alcohol or other drug abuse.
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The Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic

Clinics in Laboratory Medicine, 2012
In the United States, the nonmedical use of prescription drugs is the second most common illicit drug use, behind only marijuana. This article discusses the abuse issues with three of the most widely abused prescription drugs: opioids, central nervous system (CNS) depressants (eg, benzodiazepines), and stimulants (eg, amphetamine-dextroamphetamine and ...
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Prescription Drug Abuse in the Elderly

The Consultant Pharmacist, 2008
The increased use of prescription drugs has brought pain relief too many and often improved the quality of life of elderly patients. But the increase in use and availability of prescription medications-especially controlled substances-brings with it an increased potential for abuse.
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Prescription drug abuse

Psychology in the Schools, 2009
AbstractThis article presents current statistics on nonmedical use of both categories of prescription medications by high school and college students. The incidence of nonmedical use of prescription medications continues to increase among high school and college students.
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Neuropsychiatric Effects of Prescription Drug Abuse

Neuropsychology Review, 2007
Prescription drugs have become a major category of abused substances, and there is evidence that the prevalence of prescription drug abuse may soon overtake that of illicit drugs. Study of prescription drugs has been hampered by vague terminology, since prescription drugs are only separated from other drugs of abuse by social and legal constructs ...
Jason P, Caplan   +4 more
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