Prescription pain reliever abuse and dependence among adolescents: A nationally representative study

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1020-1029

  Wu, Li Tzy ^a,c   Ringwalt, Christopher L ^b   Mannelli, Paolo ^a   Patkar, Ashwin A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Opioids; Prescription drug abuse; Prescription drug dependence; Prescription pain medications

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID PLUS BUTALBITAL PLUS CAFFEINE; BUTALBITAL PLUS CAFFEINE PLUS PARACETAMOL; BUTORPHANOL TARTRATE; COCODAMOL; CODEINE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; HYDROCODONE; HYDROCODONE BITARTRATE PLUS PARACETAMOL; HYDROMORPHONE; ILLICIT DRUG; METHADONE; MORPHINE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; OPIATE; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; PENTAZOCINE; PERCOCET; PERCODAN; PETHIDINE; TRAMADOL; TYLOX;

ADOLESCENT; ANALGESIC AGENT ABUSE; ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG TRAFFIC; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES;

EID: 55749103225     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CHI.0b013e31817eed4d     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Compton WM, Volkow ND. Abuse of prescription drugs and the risk of addiction. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2006;83:S4-S7.
2. Office of Applied Studies. Results From the 2006 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: National Findings (DHHS Publication No. SMA 07-4293, NSDUH Series H-32). Rockville, MD: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; 2007.
3. Office of Applied Studies. The NSDUH Report. Patterns and Trends in Nonmedical Prescription Pain Reliever Use: 2002 to 2005. Rockville, MD: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; 2007.
4. Johnston LD, O'Malley PM, Bachman JG, Schulenberg JE. Monitoring the Future National Results on Adolescent Drug Use: Overview of Key Findings, 2005 (NIH Publication No. 06-5882). Bethesda, MD: National Institute on Drug Abuse; 2006.
5. Office of Applied Studies. 2006 National Survey on Drug Use & Health: Detailed Tables. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Web site, 2007. http://unvw.oas.samhsa.gov/NSDUH/2k6NSDUH/tabs/Sect4peTabs1to16. htm#Tab4.1B. Accessed February 5, 2008.
6. Zacny J, Bigelow G, Compton P, Foley K, Iguchi M, Sannerud C. College on Problems of Drug Dependence Taskforce on prescription opioid nonmedical use and abuse: position statement. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2003;69:215-232.
7. Gilson AM, Ryan KM, Joranson DE, Dahl JL. A reassessment of trends in the medical use and abuse of opioid analgesics and implications for diversion control: 1997-2002. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2004;28:176-188.
8. Office of Applied Studies. The DASIS Report: Treatment Admissions Involving Narcotic Painkillers, 2002 Update. Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Web site, 2004. http:llwww.oas.samhsa.gov/2k4/PainTX/PainTX.htm. Accessed March 15, 2007.
9. Paulozzi LJ, Budnitz DS, Xi Y. Increasing deaths from opioid analgesics in the United States. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2006;15:618-627.
10. Wu LT, Pilowsky DJ, Patkar AA. Non-prescribed use of pain relievers among adolescents in the United States. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2008;94:1-11.
11. Boyd CJ, McCabe SE, Teter CJ. Medical and nonmedical use of prescription pain medication by youth in a Detroit-area public school district. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2006;81:37-45.
12. McCabe SE, Boyd CJ, Young A. Medical and nonmedical use of prescription drugs among secondary school students. J Adolesc Health. 2007;40:76-83.
13. Sung HE, Richter L, Vaughan R, Johnson PB, Thom B. Nonmedical use of prescription opioids among teenagers in the United States: trends and correlates. J Adolesc Health. 2005;37:44-51.
14. American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition, text revision (DSM-W-TR). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association; 2000.
15. Degenhardt L, Lynskey M, Coffey C, Patton G. "Diagnostic orphans" among young adult cannabis users: persons who report dependence symptoms but do not meet diagnostic criteria. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2002;67:205-212.
16. Sarr M, Bucholz K, Phelps D. Using cluster analysis of alcohol use disorders to investigate "diagnostic orphans": subjects with alcohol dependence symptoms but no diagnosis. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2000;60:295-302.
17. Pollock NK, Martin CS. Diagnostic orphans: adolescent with alcohol symptoms who do not qualify for DSM-IV abuse or dependence diagnoses. Am J Psychiatry. 1999;156:897-901.
18. Helzer JE, van den Brink W, Guth SE. Should there be both categorical and dimensional criteria for the substance use disorders in DSM-V. Addiction. 2006;101(Suppl 1):17-22.
19. Office of Applied Studies. Results from the 2005 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: National Findings. Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Web site, 2006. http://www. oas.samhsa.gov/nsduh/ 2k5nsduhl2k5results.pdf. Accessed March 15, 2007.
20. Turner CF, Ku L, Rogers SM, Lindberg LD, Pleck JH, Sonenstein FL. Adolescent sexual behavior, drug use, and violence: increased reporting with computer survey technology. Science. 1998;280:867-873.
21. Wu LT, Schlenger WE, Galvin DM. Concurrent use of methamphetamine, MDMA, LSD, ketamine, GHB, and flunitrazepam among American youths. Drug Akohol Depend. 2006;84:102-113.
22. Wu LT, Pilowsky DJ, Schlenger WE. Inhalant abuse and dependence among adolescents in the United States. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2004;43:1206-1214.
23. Research Triangle Institute. SUDAAN User's Manual, Release 9.0. Research Triangle Park, NC: Research Triangle Institute; 2006.
24. Peindl KS, Mannelli P, Wu LT, Patkar AA. Trends in nonheroin opioid abuse admissions: 1992-2004. J Opioid Manag. 2007;3:215-223.
25. Perkonigg A, Lieb R, Wittchen HU. Prevalence of use, abuse and dependence of illicit drugs among adolescents and young adults in a community sample. Eur Addict Res. 1998;4:58-66.
26. Hasin DS, Hatzenbueler M, Smith S, Grant BF. Co-occurring DSM-IV drug abuse in DSM-IV drug dependence: results from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2005;80:117-123.
27. Martins SS, Ghandour LA, Chilcoat HD. Profile of dependence symptoms among extramedical opioid analgesic users. Addict Behav. 2007;32:2003-2019.
28. Khantzian EJ. The self-medication hypothesis of substance use disorders: a reconsideration and recent applications. Harv Rev Psychiatry. 1997;4:231-244.
29. Jessor R. Risk behavior in adolescence: a psychosocial framework for understanding and action. J Adolesc Health. 1991;12:597-605.
30. Boyd CJ, McCabe SE, Cranford JA, Young A, Prescription drug abuse and diversion among adolescents in a southeast Michigan school district. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2007;161:276-281.
31. McCabe SE, Cranford JA, Boyd CJ, Teter CJ. Motives, diversion, and routes of administration associated with nonmedical use of prescription opioids. Addict Behav. 2007b;32:562-575.
32. McCabe SE, Boyd CJ. Sources of prescription drugs for illicit use. Addict Behav. 2005;30:1342-1350.
33. Colliver JD, Kroutil LA, Dai L, Gfroerer JC. Misuse of Prescription Drug: Data from the 2002, 2003, and 2004 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health. Rockville, MD: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; 2006.
34. National Institute on Drug Abuse. Prescription Pain and Other Medications. Washington, DC: National Institute on Drug Abuse, the National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Web site, 2006. http://www.drugabuse.gov/infofacts/PainMed.html. Accessed August 10, 2007.
35. Schulteis G, Koob GF. Reinforcement processes in opiate addiction: a homeostatic model. Neurochem Res. 1996;21:1437-1454.