Assessing craving and its relationship to subsequent prescription opioid use among treatment-seeking prescription opioid dependent patients

Highlights • Drug craving predicts future drug use, especially in the short term. • A 3-item measure predicted prescription opioid use in the next week. • For each 1 unit increase on the scale, the odds of using opioid was 17% higher. • Brief assessment of prescription opioid craving may provide a m...

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Published in:Drug and alcohol dependence 2014-12, Vol.145, p.121-126
Main Authors: McHugh, R. Kathryn, Fitzmaurice, Garrett M, Carroll, Kathleen M, Griffin, Margaret L, Hill, Kevin P, Wasan, Ajay D, Weiss, Roger D
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Analgesics, Opioid - administration & dosage
Buprenorphine
Craving
Cue-induced craving
Drug Prescriptions
Female
Heroin - administration & dosage
Humans
Male
Narcotic Antagonists - therapeutic use
Opioid-Related Disorders - diagnosis
Opioid-Related Disorders - drug therapy
Opioid-Related Disorders - psychology
Prescription opioids
Psychiatry
Self Report
Substance Abuse Treatment Centers - methods
Young Adult
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Summary:Highlights • Drug craving predicts future drug use, especially in the short term. • A 3-item measure predicted prescription opioid use in the next week. • For each 1 unit increase on the scale, the odds of using opioid was 17% higher. • Brief assessment of prescription opioid craving may provide a marker of risk.
ISSN:0376-8716
1879-0046
1879-0046
DOI:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.10.002