Source of drugs for prescription opioid analgesic abusers: A role for the internet?

Pain Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 718-723

  Cicero, Theodore J ^a   Shores, Christopher Neil ^a   Paradis, Alethea G ^a   Ellis, Matthew S ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Internet Use; Opioid Analgesic Abuse; Prescription Drug Abuse

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; ANALGESIC AGENT ABUSE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FORGERY; FRIEND; GOVERNMENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERNET; LEGAL ASPECT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCRIPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; RELATIVE; THEFT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PRESCRIPTIONS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 50249124819     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2007.00323.x     Document Type: Article

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