Prescription opioid use, misuse, and diversion among street drug users in New York City

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 92, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 267-276

  Davis, W Rees ^a   Johnson, Bruce D ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug selling distribution; Heroin; OxyContin; Prescription drugs; Prescription opioids; Substance abuse; Vicodin

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; HYDROCODONE BITARTRATE PLUS PARACETAMOL; ILLICIT DRUG; METHADONE; OXYCODONE; PERCOCET;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG USE; EUPHORIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPIATE ADDICTION; PAIN; PATIENT CARE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; BUPRENORPHINE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MALE; METHADONE; MIDDLE AGED; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; NARCOTICS; NEW YORK CITY; PAIN; PATIENT SELECTION; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 36749009166     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2007.08.008     Document Type: Article

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