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Opioid-involved prescription drug misuse and poly-prescription drug misuse in U.S. older adults. [PDF]
Aging Ment 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 ...
Schepis TS +3 more
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Prescription drug misuse among homeless youth [PDF]
Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 2014 Prescription drug misuse (PDM) is highly prevalent among youth in the U.S., and can have serious health consequences. Homeless youth are a particularly vulnerable population with high rates of substance use. However, PDM has not been studied in a sample comprised exclusively of homeless youth.A sample of 451 homeless youth recruited from drop-in ...
Harmony, Rhoades +2 more
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Prescription drug misuse during pandemic
Indian Journal of Forensic and Community Medicine, 2021 Prescription drug misuse is when someone takes a medication inappropriately. The prescription drug misuse is not an uncommon issue but the use of prescription drugs has significantly increased during the covid 19 pandemic. The major factors that has contributed to the increased dependence to prescription drug use during the pandemic is the increased ...
Anand Shankar, Anupama J Anand
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Prescription Drug Misuse Among Antisocial Youths [PDF]
Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 2010 The aim of this study was to describe the prevalence and correlates of nonmedical prescription drug misuse (PDM) in a state population of youths in residential care for antisocial behavior.Interviews assessing substance use, psychiatric symptoms, antisocial traits/behavior, and traumatic life experiences were conducted with 723 Missouri youths ...
Martin T, Hall +2 more
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Subtypes of nonmedical prescription drug misuse [PDF]
Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 2009 This study used three characteristics (i.e., motive, route of administration, and co-ingestion with alcohol) of nonmedical prescription drug misuse across four separate classes (i.e., pain, sedative/anxiety, sleeping, and stimulant medications) to examine subtypes and drug related problems.
Sean Esteban, McCabe +2 more
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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 +6 more
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Doctor or drug dealer? International legal provisions for the legitimate handling of drugs of abuse [PDF]
, 2020 © The Author(s) 2020. The final, definitive version of this paper has been published in: Gallagher, C. T., Atik, S. K., Isse, L., & Mann, S. K. (2020). Doctor or drug dealer?
Atik, Sanaa +3 more
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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 +2 more
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Prescription opioid misuse in relation to addiction susceptibility among women at a Saudi university
Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal, 2023 Objectives: The trends of prescription opioid misuse are understudied in Arab populations, let alone among university students. Additionally, little is known about the psychological traits that increase susceptibility for such behaviors in this region ...
Rufaidah Dabbagh +8 more
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Prescription opioid injection and risk of hepatitis C in relation to traditional drugs of misuse in a prospective cohort of street youth [PDF]
, 2014 Objective: Despite dramatic increases in the misuse of prescription opioids, the extent to which their intravenous injection places drug users at risk of acquiring hepatitis C virus (HCV) remains unclear. We sought to compare risk of HCV acquisition from
DeBeck, Kora +5 more
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