Drug overdose an important cause of death amongst people experiencing homelessness
1. 1 in 4 deaths of people experiencing homelessness in Boston, Massachusetts were attributable to drug overdose between the years ...
Tag: nonmedical prescription opioid use (NPOU)
Adolescent misuse of prescription opioids may lead to heroin use in adulthood
1. This quantitative study of high school seniors between 1976-2000 found that nearly 1 in 3 high school seniors who ...
Certain physician beliefs may impede willingness to engage with patients who misuse opioids
1. This quantitative study of physicians found that physicians who carry certain beliefs about blame for and vulnerability to opioid ...
Weekly and monthly subcutaneous buprenorphine associated with improved treatment satisfaction versus daily sublingual administration in opioid dependence
1. Participants receiving weekly and monthly subcutaneous buprenorphine depot formulations reported improved treatment satisfaction compared with those receiving sublingual buprenorphine ...
Parental nonmedical prescription opioid use linked to adolescent use
1. Nonmedical prescription opioids (NMPO) use in parents is an independent risk factor for use in their adolescent children, even ...
Medical use of prescription opioids linked to nonmedical use in adolescents
1. Adolescents who initiated nonmedical use of prescription opioids more commonly had previous medical use of prescriptions opioids rather than ...
Participation in sports and exercise linked to lower opioid use
1. Adolescents who reported engaging in sports, athletics, or exercise at least once a week within the past year were ...