1. OxyContin® use and misuse in three populations: Substance abuse patients, pain patients, and criminal justice participants
- Author
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Eleanor D. Campbell, Karen L. Cropsey, Janet S. Knisely, and Martha J. Wunsch
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Adult ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Psychological intervention ,Kentucky ,Pain ,Drug Prescriptions ,Addiction severity index ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,030202 anesthesiology ,Criminal Law ,Humans ,Medicine ,Pharmacology (medical) ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Medical prescription ,Psychiatry ,Aged ,Pain patient ,High rate ,business.industry ,General Medicine ,Middle Aged ,Opioid-Related Disorders ,medicine.disease ,Checklist ,Analgesics, Opioid ,Substance abuse ,Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine ,Female ,business ,Oxycodone ,Criminal justice ,Clinical psychology - Abstract
Objective: This study was designed to describe and compare individuals in rural Appalachia prescribed, abusing or diverting OxyContin® a region with high rates of prescription medication abuse and misuse.Setting and Participants: Fifty subjects treated for OxyContin®abuse, 34 subjects prescribed OxyContin®for pain and 50 subjects incarcerated due to OxyContin®-related charges from rural Appalachia.Interventions: The Addiction Severity Index, DSM-IV Checklist, and an investigator developed questionnaire were administered to all three groups.Results: All three groups included individuals prescribed OxyContin® for pain and demographic variables and psychiatric/medical histories failed to discriminate between the pain and substance abuse (SA) subjects. SA and criminal justice subjects were significantly more likely to have a current DSM-IV diagnosis of psychoactive abuse/dependence and more likely to be younger and unmarried.Conclusion: This study found that these groups are not distinct and in depth evaluations, including a detailed SA history, are needed to identify the pain patient at risk for abuse and/or diversion of prescribed opioids.
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- 2018