Prior prescription opioid misuse in a cohort of heroin users in a treatment study

This study investigates prior prescription opioid misuse in a cohort of heroin users whose progress was tracked in a treatment study conducted in the US from 2006 to 2010. Half of the sample misused prescription opioids (“other opiates/analgesics”) prior to their onset of heroin misuse (POBs). We fo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Michael Fendrich, Jessica Becker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-12-01
Series:Addictive Behaviors Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352853218300117