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Sources of prescription opioids among diagnosed opioid abusers
Current Medical Research and Opinion, 2015Diversion and abuse of prescription opioids are important public health concerns in the US. This study examined possible sources of prescription opioids among patients diagnosed with opioid abuse.Commercially insured patients aged 12-64 diagnosed with opioid abuse/dependence ('abuse') were identified in OptumHealth Reporting and Insights medical and ...
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Preventing Prescription Opioid Abuse
JAMA, 2015Jane C, Ballantyne, Andrew, Kolodny
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Misconceptions and Realities of the Prescription Opioid Epidemic
Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 2018The abuse of opioids in the US is not a new problem. In 1973 David Musto published his book, The American Disease: Origins of Narcotic Control, which described the problem as dating back to the time of the Civil War. Continued attempts to address it through legislation, law enforcement, prevention, treatment, and the development of less abuseable pain ...
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Comment: Prescription opioids—Misused or misunderstood?
Neurology, 2015Widespread use of opioids for chronic noncancer pain has resulted in an epidemic of misuse; prescribed opioids are currently responsible for more deaths in the United States than heroin and cocaine combined. An American Academy of Neurology (AAN) position paper questions the long-term efficacy of opioids for chronic noncancer pain, calls attention to ...
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An Epidemic of Opioid Prescriptions
Pharmacotherapy: The Journal of Human Pharmacology and Drug Therapy, 2015openaire +2 more sources