OxyContin® use and misuse in three populations: Substance abuse patients, pain patients, and criminal justice participants

Journal of Opioid Management

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 73-79

  Wunsch, Martha J ^a   Cropsey, Karen L ^b   Campbell, Eleanor D ^c   Knisely, Janet S ^d  

^a EDWARD VIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Criminal justice; OxyContin (TM); Pain patients; Prescription medications misuse and abuse; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

OXYCODONE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DRUG MISUSE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPIATE ADDICTION; PAIN; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRESCRIPTION; RURAL AREA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; AGED; CRIMINAL LAW; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CRIMINAL LAW; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENTUCKY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; OXYCODONE; PAIN; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG;

EID: 45249113064     PISSN: 15517489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5055/jom.2008.0011     Document Type: Article

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