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Most nonmedical users of Rx drugs started with medical use, use them for pain relief: Study
Author(s) -
Knopf Alison
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
the brown university child and adolescent behavior letter
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7575
pISSN - 1058-1073
DOI - 10.1002/cbl.30243
Subject(s) - medical prescription , prescription drug misuse , medicine , opioid abuse , family medicine , opioid , psychiatry , drugs of abuse , medical emergency , drug , nursing , opioid use disorder , receptor
Both medical and nonmedical (misuse or abuse) use of prescription opioids have been declining among adolescents, according to a study published in the April 2017 issue of Pediatrics . However, prescription opioid exposure is still common, with adolescents who reported both medical and nonmedical use more likely to have started with medical use. Medical use of prescription opioids among teens peaked in 1989 and 2002 and stayed level until a decline that began in 2013.