Prescription Drug Abuse

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Basing Drug Scheduling Decisions on Scientific Ranking of Harmfulness: False Promise from False Premises — Oct 31, 2011

Multiple dimensions of harm need to be displayed to inform human judgments of what drugs should be scheduled; recent efforts ignores drug interactions and mix aggregate and individual harms inappropriately.

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Multisite Cost Analysis of a School-Based Voluntary Alcohol and Drug Prevention Program — Aug 31, 2011

The large cross-school variation in the cost of implementing Project CHOICE (a voluntary after-school prevention program for adolescents) highlights the importance of collecting cost information from multiple sites.

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Growing Internet Use May Help Explain the Rise in Prescription Drug Abuse in the United States — May 31, 2011

Online prescription drug sales require better oversight: For every 10 percent increase in high-speed Internet use at the state level, associated treatment facility admissions for prescription drug abuse rose by 1 percent.

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Prescription Sharing, Alcohol Use, and Street Drug Use to Manage Pain Among Veterans — Apr 30, 2011

About one-third of veterans report using alcohol, street drugs, or medication prescribed for others to manage pain.

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The impact of buprenorphine on treatment of opioid dependence in a medicaid population: Recent service utilization trends in the use of buprenorphine and methadone — Jan 1, 2011

Using administrative data from the largest Medicaid managed behavioral health organization in a large mid-Atlantic state and multivariate regression, this article examines rates and predictors of opioid agonist use and treatment setting for 14,386 new opioid dependence treatment episodes during 2007–2009.

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Prescription Medication Abuse and Illegitimate Internet-Based Pharmacies — Jan 1, 2011

Abuse of prescription drugs represents a growing problem. This article discusses the challenge to federal and private efforts to combat the problem and outlines strategies for physicians to recognize and minimize the effects of the availability of these medications on the Internet.

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Excessive Antibiotic Use in Men with Prostatitis — Dec 31, 2007

Prostatitis accounts for 2 million outpatient visits annually. Most cases fit the definition of chronic pelvic pain syndrome. Despite evidence that antibiotics are not effective for this syndrome, they were prescribed for 69% of these men.

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College on Problems of Drug Dependence Taskforce on Prescription Opioid Non-Medical Use and Abuse: Position Statement — Dec 31, 2002

This position paper from the College on Problems of Drug Dependence addresses the issues related to non-medical use and abuse of prescription opioids.

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Pill Taking 'Routinization': A Critical Factor to Understanding Episodic Medication Adherence — Dec 31, 2002

Psychosocial factors such as psychological distress, substance abuse, and active and unpredictable social lives may act as barriers to adherence. Implications for adherence interventions are discussed.

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Deciding Not to Measure Performance: The Case of Acute Otitis Media — Dec 31, 2002

Additional difficulties beyond feasibility issues may arise in developing a quality of care performance measure.

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