Characteristics of prescription opioid abusers in treatment: Prescription opioid use history, age, use patterns, and functional severity

Journal of Opioid Management

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 239-252

  Butler, Stephen F ^a   Black, Ryan A ^a   Serrano, Jill M Grimes ^a   Wood, Mollie E ^a   Budman, Simon H ^a  

^a INFLEXXION INC   (United States)

Author keywords

ASI age; Drug abuse; Prescription opioids; Route of administration

Indexed keywords

OPIATE; PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ABUSE PATTERN; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OPIATE ADDICTION; SOCIAL STATUS; ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CRIME; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA BASE; DRUG USE; FAMILY RELATION; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CRIME; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES AS TOPIC; DRUG USERS; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957323247     PISSN: 15517489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5055/jom.2010.0022     Document Type: Article

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