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Prescription Drug Misuse in “Clubbers” and Disco Goers in Ibiza [PDF]

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2020
Background: Prescription drug misuse and its related risks are considered a worldwide public health issue. Current trends show that the extent of such phenomenon may not be limited to subjects with psychiatric disorders, as it also spreads to dance party
Massimo di Giannantonio, Attilio Negri, Attilio Negri, Stefania Schiavone, Chiara Vannini, Mauro Pettorruso, Fabio De-Giorgio, Fabio De-Giorgio, Valeria Verrastro, Luigia Trabace, Mariangela Corbo, Rossella Gottardo, Cristian Camuto, Cristian Camuto, Monica Mazzarino, Andrea Barra, Domenico De Berardis, Juan Iglesias Lopez, Cristina Merino Del Villar, Fabrizio Schifano, Giovanni Martinotti, Giovanni Martinotti   +21 more
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Opioid-involved prescription drug misuse and poly-prescription drug misuse in U.S. older adults [PDF]

Aging and Mental Health, 2021
Although older adult prescription drug misuse (PDM) is associated with concerning consequences, stimulant PDM and poly- PDM involving multiple medication classes each remain understudied. Our objectives were to examine PDM and poly-PDM prevalence by medication class in US older adults and to identify the mental health, SUD, and health-related quality ...
Ty S Schepis, Jason A Ford, Sean Esteban Mccabe   +2 more
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Neighborhood characteristics and prescription drug misuse among adolescents: The importance of social disorganization and social capital

International Journal of Drug Policy, 2017
Background Prior research on prescription drug misuse has focused on identifying individual risk factors. While a few studies examine differences in misuse based on geographic residence, there is a lack of research that examines the relevance of ...
Jason A Ford, Alexis Yohros
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Prescription drug misuse and suicidal ideation: Findings from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health

Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 2015
Objective: Suicide is one of the leading causes of injury-related mortality in the United States and prior research has identified alcohol and other drug use as a major risk factor.
Jason A Ford
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Disability status and prescription drug misuse among U.S. adults

Addictive Behaviors, 2018
Background: The U.S. is in the midst of a public health crisis related to drug overdose deaths. Largely responsible for the dramatic increase in overdose deaths is the misuse of prescription drugs such as opioids and benzodiazepines.
Jason A Ford, Melanie Sberna Hinojosa, Harvey L Nicholson   +2 more
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The Relationship Between Source of Diversion and Prescription Drug Misuse, Abuse, and Dependence

Substance Use and Misuse, 2011
The current research examines the relationship between how people obtain prescription drugs (source of diversion) and how people misuse prescription drugs (i.e., frequency, abuse, and dependence).
Jason A Ford
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Helpful, Unnecessary, or Harmful: A Systematic Review of the Effects of Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Use on Opioid Prescriptions

Pharmacoepidemiology, 2023
Prescription drug misuse is a global problem, especially in the United States (US). Clinician involvement is necessary in this crisis, and prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) are a recommended tool for the prevention, recognition, and ...
Nina Z. Y. Smith, J. Douglas Thornton, Susan H. Fenton, Debora Simmons, Tiffany Champagne-Langabeer   +4 more
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Prevalence and correlates of prescription drug diversion and misuse among people living with HIV in the eThekwini district, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

PLoS ONE, 2020
BackgroundPrescription drug diversion, and misuse has increased over the past decade and is notably in high-income-countries and significantly contributes to the opioid epidemic.
Buyisile Chibi, Nonhlanhla Yende-Zuma, Tivani P Mashamba-Thompson   +2 more
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Prescription drugs with potential for misuse: protocol for a multi-indicator analysis of supply, detection and the associated health burden in Ireland between 2010 and 2020

BMJ Open, 2023
Introduction There is an increasing concern about the misuse of prescription drugs. Misuse refers to the intentional repurposing of prescribed drugs and/or the use of illicitly sourced prescription drugs, which may be counterfeit or contaminated.
Gráinne Cousins, Kathleen E Bennett, Paul Corcoran, Ella Arensman, Eamon Keenan, Suzi Lyons, Louise Durand, Aoife O’Kane, Julie Tierney, Richard Maguire, Siobhán Stokes, Deirdre O’Reilly, María Otero Vázquez, Yvonne Kavanagh   +13 more
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Nationwide Population-Based Study About Patterns of Prescription Opioid Use and Misuse Among Young Adults in Spain

International Journal of Public Health, 2022
Objective: Prescription opioid misuse has become one of the most common ways drugs are consumed among young adults. The objective of our study was to describe the prevalence and factors associated with prescription opioid use and misuse among young ...
Pilar Carrasco-Garrido, Carmen Gallardo-Pino, Isabel Jiménez-Trujillo, Valentín Hernández-Barrera, Soledad García-Gómez-Heras, Lidiane Lima Florencio, Domingo Palacios-Ceña   +6 more
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