Addressing Prescription Drug Misuse Among Adolescents
Healthcare professionals can play a crucial role in preventing prescription drug misuse among adolescents and promoting healthier communities.
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Neighborhood disadvantage and prescription drug misuse in low-income urban mothers.
Prescription drug misuse remains a persistent problem in the United States. Residents living in...
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Prescription Drug Misuse Common in High Schoolers
44 percent of high school seniors who misuse prescription drugs have multiple drug sources
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Florida Seeks Patient Prescription Data
THURSDAY, March 6, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Florida’s insurance regulator is demanding...
Read MoreAn Ice Rink To Fight Opioid Crisis: Drug-Free Fun vs. Misuse of Settlement Cash
A Kentucky county nestled in the heart of Appalachia, where the opioid crisis has wreaked devastation for decades, spent $15,000 of its opioid settlement money on an ice rink. That amount wasn’t enough to solve the...
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Q&A: Part 2: The Gastroenterologist’s Role in Treating Substance Misuse
Gastroenterologists can use single-item tools like the National Institute on Drug Abuse Quick Screen to assess substance use in patients with Crohn’s disease.
Read MoreTruly Random Drug Testing: ADHD Patients Face Uneven Urine Screens and, Sometimes, Stigma
Some adults who take prescription medication for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder are required to have their urine tested for drugs several times a year. Others never are tested. Such screenings are designed to check if...
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Opioid Misuse Linked to Increased Suicide Risk in Persons With Disabilities
MONDAY, Dec. 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Opioid misuse is associated with an increased risk...
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Healthcare Exposure Ups Opioid Misuse Risk in Young Adults
Young adults exposed to inpatient hospitalizations, EDs, or mental health facilities had an...
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Harms Vs Benefits of Opioid Prescription Changes in HIV
Providers should not continue prescribing opioids to patients with HIV when risks outweigh...
Read MoreTruly Random Drug Testing: ADHD Patients Face Uneven Urine Screens and, Sometimes, Stigma
Some adults who take prescription medication for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder are required to have their urine tested for drugs several times a year. Others never are tested. Such screenings are designed to check if...
Read MoreTruly Random Drug Testing: ADHD Patients Face Uneven Urine Screens and, Sometimes, Stigma
Some adults who take prescription medication for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder are required to have their urine tested for drugs several times a year. Others never are tested. Such screenings are designed to check if...
Read MoreTruly Random Drug Testing: ADHD Patients Face Uneven Urine Screens and, Sometimes, Stigma
Some adults who take prescription medication for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder are required to have their urine tested for drugs several times a year. Others never are tested. Such screenings are designed to check if...
Read MoreTruly Random Drug Testing: ADHD Patients Face Uneven Urine Screens and, Sometimes, Stigma
Some adults who take prescription medication for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder are required to have their urine tested for drugs several times a year. Others never are tested. Such screenings are designed to check if...
Read MoreTruly Random Drug Testing: ADHD Patients Face Uneven Urine Screens and, Sometimes, Stigma
Some adults who take prescription medication for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder are required to have their urine tested for drugs several times a year. Others never are tested. Such screenings are designed to check if...
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Amid Fears of Unseen Drug Misuse During Pandemic, Is More Testing the Answer to a Worsening Drug Crisis?
At the beginning of the pandemic, patients nationwide canceled doctor’s visits for a range of...
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2015 to 2019 Saw Downward Trend for Buprenorphine Misuse
FRIDAY, Oct. 15, 2021 (HealthDay News) — From 2015 to 2019, the prevalence of buprenorphine...
Read MoreExamining differences in prescription opioid use behaviors among U.S. adults with and without disabilities.
We aimed to identify differences in prescription opioid-related behaviors between adults with and without disabilities in the U.S. We analyzed data from the 2015-2017 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (128,740 individuals;...
Read MoreAs Holdout Missouri Joins Nation in Monitoring Opioid Prescriptions, Experts Worry
Missouri is the last state to create a monitoring program to help spot the misuse of prescription drugs. But some public health experts warn that the nation’s programs are forcing people addicted to opioids to seek deadlier street options.
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Polysubstance use in a Brazilian national sample: Correlates of co-use of alcohol and prescription drugs.
: Responses to problem substance use have largely focused on illicit drugs, but reports on rising...
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