Nonprescription use of pain relievers by middle-aged and elderly community-living adults: National survey on drug use and health: Brief reports

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1252-1257

  Blazer, Dan G ^a,b   Wu, Li Tzy ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Epidemiology; Nonprescription use; Opioids; Pain relievers; Prescription drug misuse

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID PLUS BUTALBITAL PLUS CAFFEINE; ANALGESIC AGENT; BUTALBITAL PLUS CAFFEINE PLUS PARACETAMOL; BUTORPHANOL TARTRATE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; HYDROCODONE; HYDROCODONE BITARTRATE PLUS PARACETAMOL; HYDROMORPHONE; LORCET PLUS; METHADONE; MORPHINE; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; PARACETAMOL PLUS PENTAZOCINE; PENTAZOCINE; PERCOCET; PERCODAN; PETHIDINE; TALWIN NX; TRAMADOL; TYLOX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIC AGENT ABUSE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; DEPRESSION; DRUG MISUSE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; SELF MEDICATION; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONPRESCRIPTION DRUGS; PAIN; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67649827488     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02306.x     Document Type: Article

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