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Indices of Drug Misuse for Prescription Drugs

International Journal of the Addictions, 1991
Few studies of prescription-drug misuse have taken into account the numbers of prescriptions dispensed for specific drugs. Using data from the Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) and the National Prescription Audit, we calculated indices of drug misuse for specific prescription drugs that are used mainly in outpatient settings and are either ...
H, Davis, C, Baum, D J, Graham
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Workplace Exposures and Prescription Drug Misuse Among Nurses

JONA: The Journal of Nursing Administration, 2022
OBJECTIVE This study examined the association between workplace exposure and prescription drug misuse in nurses. BACKGROUND Studies have found RNs and other health providers have higher rates of prescription misuse than the general population and have suggested that workplace ...
Alison M, Trinkoff, Victoria L, Selby, Hyang, Baek, Carla L, Storr, Jenell, Steele, Kihye, Han   +5 more
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Prescription Drug Misuse and Arrest History

Substance Use & Misuse, 2017
Prescription drug misuse is widely acknowledged as a major public health issue in the United States. Surprisingly little research examines the association between prescription drug misuse and history of arrest among adults.We use data from the 2013 National Survey on Drug Use and Health to examine this association.
Jason Ford, Lauren Wright
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Misuse of Prescription Drugs

International Journal of the Addictions, 1995
The elderly person is at risk of drug misuse and related problems because of frequent use of prescription drugs, biologic factors, and social circumstances associated with aging. Confusion, falls, and aggravation of untoward emotional states are examples of the adverse consequences.
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Potential Prescription Drug Misuse in Assisted Living

Research in Gerontological Nursing, 2014
Prescription drug misuse among older adults includes inappropriate and harmful use of these drugs. In this study, prescription drug misuse in assisted living settings as reported by direct care workers (DCWs) was examined. Data came from DCWs in 45 assisted living settings located in Pennsylvania.
Nicholas G, Castle, Steven M, Handler, Laura M, Wagner   +2 more
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Prescription Drug Misuse in Late Adulthood

Journal of Drug Issues, 2015
Prescription drug misuse is a public health problem, and older adults are at high risk. The underlying factors associated with this problem in late adulthood are not well understood. Using cross-sectional data from telephone interviews with individuals aged 60 years and older in Arizona and Florida ( N = 2,000), this study tests whether hypotheses ...
Kristy Holtfreter, Michael D. Reisig, Eryn Nicole O’Neal   +2 more
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Prescription drug misuse: Is technology friend or foe?

Drug and Alcohol Review, 2009
Abstract Introduction and Aims. Prescription drug misuse and related harms have been increasing considerably over the past decade. At the same time, there has also been rapid growth in the use of online and Internet technologies. Thus, it is important that we understand the role online and Internet technologies play in prescription drug ...
Nielson, S., Barratt, Monica
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Prescription drug monitoring programs

The Nurse Practitioner, 2015
To help combat prescription drug misuse, most states have implemented Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs)-electronic databases that collect and track prescription data and flag suspected diversion activities. Equipped with expanding prescriptive authority, NPs are now poised to become vital change agents in expanding the potential ...
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Nightlife scene involvement and patterns of prescription drug misuse

Drug and Alcohol Review, 2020
AbstractIntroduction and AimsParticipation in nightlife influences a range of health behaviours. Participants in various nightlife scenes have increasingly adopted prescription drug misuse into their substance use repertoires.Design and MethodsWith 404 young adults recruited via time–space sampling in New York, we examine the relationship of nightlife ...
Brian C. Kelly, Mike Vuolo
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Rx for Injury: Adolescent Prescription Drug Misuse

Journal of Emergency Nursing, 2014
In the past 2 decades, preventable injuries in children and adolescents have been on the decline.1 This decrease in injuries is a positive outcome of many years of injury prevention activities; however, one area in which injury rates are on the rise is drug poisoning.
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