Associations between adolescent chronic pain and prescription opioid misuse in adulthood

Prescription opioid misuse is defined as the consumption of opioids in manner or dose other than prescribed, consuming others ’ prescriptions, or consuming opioids for feelings that are elicited (i.e. to get high)31. Prescription opioid misuse is a serious public health epidemic in the United States. In 2013, almost 10 million Americans (4.9% of the adult population) reported prescription opioid misuse 15. Prescription o pioid misuse was found to be most prevalent among young adults 18-26 years of age, of whom 7.1% reported opioid misuse over the past 12 months in 2016 in the United States 4.
Source: The Journal of Pain - Category: Materials Science Authors: Source Type: research