Assessment of risk behaviors in patients with opioid prescriptions: A study of indiana's inspect data.

CONCLUSIONS AND SCIENTIFIC SIGNIFICANCE: About one-fourth of all patients consuming opioids engaged in one or more risk behaviors; higher number of opioid prescriptions and addition of even a small number of benzodiazepine prescriptions dramatically increased these odds. PDMPs can be helpful in identifying opioid users at high-risk for misuse. This information could be used to target efforts to reduce the prescription drug epidemic. (Am J Addict 2017;XX:1-8).
PMID: 29143401 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: American Journal on Addictions - November 16, 2017 Category: Addiction Authors: Greene MS, Chambers RA, Yiannoutsos CT, Wright ER, Steele GK, Zollinger TW Tags: Am J Addict Source Type: research