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Patterns of Prescription Drug Misuse among Young Injection Drug Users [PDF]

Journal of Urban Health, 2012
Misuse of prescription drugs and injection drug use has increased among young adults in the USA. Despite these upward trends, few studies have examined prescription drug misuse among young injection drug users (IDUs). A qualitative study was undertaken to describe current patterns of prescription drug misuse among young IDUs.
Stephen E, Lankenau, Michelle, Teti, Karol, Silva, Jennifer Jackson, Bloom, Alex, Harocopos, Meghan, Treese   +5 more
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Exploring the Etiologic Factors and Dynamics of Prescription Drug Abuse in Southwest Virginia [PDF]

Health Promotion Perspectives, 2012
Background: Prescription drug abuse in Southwest Virginia is a serious problem affecting indi-viduals, families, and communities. The aim of this study was to characterize and understand the extent of the prescription drug abuse problem in Southwest ...
Kerry J Redican, Lydia I Marek, Donna JP Brock, Elinore F McCance-Katz   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Stigma as a fundamental hindrance to the United States opioid overdose crisis response. [PDF]

, 2019
Alexander Tsai and co-authors discuss the role of stigma in responses to the US opioid ...
Barnett, Michael L, Beletsky, Leo, Keyes, Katherine M, Kiang, Mathew V, McGinty, Emma E, Smith, Laramie R, Strathdee, Steffanie A, Tsai, Alexander C, Venkataramani, Atheendar S, Wakeman, Sarah E   +9 more
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Characterising incident opioid use among incident users of prescription sedative hypnotics: A national cohort study

BMJ Open
Objective To evaluate co-prescribing of sedatives hypnotics and opioids.Design Retrospective study evaluating the association of patient characteristics and comorbidities with coprescribing.Setting and participants Using the national Merative MarketScan ...
Hui Zhao, Harshil Patel, James Douglas Thornton, Eric Schaefer, Chan Shen, Douglas Leslie, Tyler Varisco, Mina Shrestha, Matthew Wanat, Randa Al Saadi   +9 more
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Medical use and misuse of psychoactive prescription medications among US youth and young adults

Family Medicine and Community Health, 2021
Objective To investigate prevalence and correlates of medical use and misuse of psychoactive prescription medications among US youth and young adults.Design Cross-sectional, self-reported surveys from the 2015–2018 National Survey of Drug Use and Health.
Israel Agaku, Satomi Odani, Jantel Nelson   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A primary care, multi-disciplinary disease management program for opioid-treated patients with chronic non-cancer pain and a high burden of psychiatric comorbidity [PDF]

, 2005
BACKGROUND: Chronic non-cancer pain is a common problem that is often accompanied by psychiatric comorbidity and disability. The effectiveness of a multi-disciplinary pain management program was tested in a 3 month before and after trial.
A Rosenblum, AK Burton, AM Elliott, B McCarberg, B Meier, C Maier, CA Hammett-Stabler, CA Soderstrom, CD DeAngelis, CS Cleeland, CS Cleland, CS Cleland, D Bloodsworth, D Fujimoto, DA Fishbain, DA Regier, Darren A DeWalt, DC Turk, DC Turk, DE Joranson, DE Joranson, DE Moulin, DE Weissman, DG Rischitelli, DJ Kavanagh, H Flor, H Ghodse, H McQuay, J Gardner-Nix, J Porter, J Stephen Perhac, JD Bartleson, JD Clark, JE Veney, JK Iglehart, JM Harris Jr, JM Romano, JT Chibnall, JT Farrar, Katherine M Felix, KB Wells, L Allan, L Peters, L Radloff, L Webb, LH Pengel, LK Mannix, M van Tulder, Mary E Bryant, MC Reid, MC Rowbotham, ME Geisser, MF Ballesteros, MI Donovan, Michael P Pignone, MJ Bair, MJ Bair, NG Hoffmann, NJ Adams, OxyContin®, P Belluck, PA Hill, Paul R Chelminski, PE Greenberg, R Colvin, R Friedman, R Melzack, R Rothman, RA Deyo, RB Lipton, RB Lipton, RC Tait, RH Fletcher, RK Portenoy, RK Portenoy, RK Portenoy, RN Jamison, RN Jamison, Robert M Malone, RS Epstein, SA Dunbar, SD Passik, SG Gelfand, SH Roth, SM Fishman, SR Savage, SR Ytterberg, Steven D Prakken, T Bodenheimer, T Bodenheimer, T Bodenheimer, Thomas M Miller, Timothy J Ives, W Arkinstall, WF Stewart, Y Olsen   +95 more
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Protocol for the development of a consensus practice guideline To address clinical and regulatory barriers to buprenorphine dispensing in community pharmacy

Archives of Public Health
Background Less than half of community pharmacies in the United States stock buprenorphine products indicated for the treatment of opioid use disorder. This lack of access to buprenorphine in community pharmacies is a significant barrier to care.
Tyler J. Varisco, Hannah Fish, Joshua Bolin, David Dadiomov, Lucas G. Hill, Ekere J. Essien, Matthew A. Wanat, Diane Ginsburg, Jeanne Waggener, Sahar Yazdanfard, Juhyeon Song, Whanhui Chi, Douglas Thornton   +12 more
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Leveraging prescription monitoring program data to evaluate the implementation of buprenorphine telehealth flexibilities: An interrupted time series analysis in Texas

Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports
Background: In March 2020, policy changes by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and the Drug Enforcement Administration aimed to maintain access to office-based opioid treatment services by easing telehealth buprenorphine ...
Whanhui Chi, Chijioke Okeke, Douglas Thornton, Hua Chen, Abofazl Sadeghi, Tyler J. Varisco   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Heroin Use and Prescription Drug Misuse in Kentucky [PDF]

, 2016
The most recent Kentucky Health Issues Poll (KHIP) on heroin use and prescription drug misuse shows where our state's drug problems are hitting hardest. Northern Kentucky residents are twice as likely as other Kentucky residents to report knowing someone

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Long‐Term Opioids in Gout: A Matched Cohort Study From the Veterans Health Administration

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Though used frequently to treat flare, risk of long‐term opioid exposure in gout has not been well defined. In this study, we examined the hypothesis that people with gout are more likely than individuals without gout to be prescribed long‐term opioids over time.
Lindsay N. Helget, Bryant R. England, Punyasha Roul, Harlan Sayles, Tuhina Neogi, James R. O'Dell, Joshua F. Baker, Ted R. Mikuls   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source