Increases in prescription opioid injection abuse among treatment admissions in the United States, 2004–2013

Highlights • U.S. prescription opioid abuse treatment admissions for 2004–2013 examined. • Percentage of admissions reporting oral abuse decreased from 73.1% to 58.9%. • Percentage of admissions reporting injection abuse increased from 11.7% to 18.1%. • Demographic groups with increased odds of opio...

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Published in:Drug and alcohol dependence 2017-07, Vol.176, p.89-95
Main Authors: Jones, Christopher M, Christensen, Aleta, Gladden, R. Matthew
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abuse
Administration, Inhalation
Adolescent
Adult
Analgesics, Opioid - administration & dosage
Blood diseases
Cannabis
Cocaine
Crack cocaine
Demographics
Demography
Drug abuse
Drugs
Employment
Ethnicity
Female
Hepatitis
Hepatitis C
Heroin
HIV
Homeless people
Homelessness
Hospitalization - trends
Human immunodeficiency virus
Humans
Inhalation
Injection
Injections
Logistic Models
Male
Marijuana
Methamphetamine
Middle Aged
Minority & ethnic groups
Narcotics
Opioid-Related Disorders - epidemiology
Opioids
Outbreaks
Overdose
Patient admissions
Prescription drugs
Prescription opioid
Prevention programs
Psychiatry
Race
Regression analysis
Respiration
Risk reduction
Sex
Sexual abuse
Smoking
Substance abuse
Substance use
Substance-Related Disorders - epidemiology
United States - epidemiology
Young Adult
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Summary:Highlights • U.S. prescription opioid abuse treatment admissions for 2004–2013 examined. • Percentage of admissions reporting oral abuse decreased from 73.1% to 58.9%. • Percentage of admissions reporting injection abuse increased from 11.7% to 18.1%. • Demographic groups with increased odds of opioid injection abuse are identified.
ISSN:0376-8716
1879-0046
DOI:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2017.03.011