Add to ORKGBackground There has been a rise in the illicit use of pharmaceutical opioids (“pain pills”) in the United States. Conducted with young adult non-medical users of pharmaceutical opioids, this study uses qualitative methods and cultural consensus analysis to describe risk perceptions associated with pharmaceutical opioids and to determine patterns of cultural sharing and intra-cultural variation of these views. Methods The qualitative sub-sample (n = 47) was selected from a larger sample of 396 young adults (18–23 years old), who were participating in a natural history study of illicit pharmaceutical opioid use. Qualitative life history interviews, drug ranking task, and cultural consensus analysis were used to elicit participant views abou...
Copyright © 2014 Sheree M. Schrager et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Crea...
The nonmedical use and abuse of prescription drugs is a serious public health problem in this countr...
Background: Community pharmacists are a key intervention point in efforts to prevent and mitigate th...
Background There has been a rise in the illicit use of pharmaceutical opioids (“pain pills”) in the ...
Pharmaceutical opioid misuse has been recognized as a growing public health problem across the natio...
OBJECTIVES: An exploratory study was undertaken to examine how being denied prescription opioids to ...
BackgroundPatients with a history of substance use are more likely than those without substance use ...
The study uses qualitative and quantitative data to describe sources of pain pills for illicit use a...
There is growing concern among US-based clinicians, patients, policy makers, and in the media about ...
Background There is growing evidence about illicit use of buprenorphine in the U.S. The study aims t...
Prescription opioid misuse has become a global epidemic and is a major public health concern in the ...
Painkillers were not always seen as dangerous drugs. Less than 20 years ago, these medications were ...
This study, conducted in Columbus, Ohio, identified the predictors of current (past 30 day) illicit ...
It has been estimated that chronic non cancer pain (CNCP) affects more than 30% of people worldwide....
The purpose of this research study is to explore the lived experience of using opiates, as described...
Copyright © 2014 Sheree M. Schrager et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Crea...
The nonmedical use and abuse of prescription drugs is a serious public health problem in this countr...
Background: Community pharmacists are a key intervention point in efforts to prevent and mitigate th...
Background There has been a rise in the illicit use of pharmaceutical opioids (“pain pills”) in the ...
Pharmaceutical opioid misuse has been recognized as a growing public health problem across the natio...
OBJECTIVES: An exploratory study was undertaken to examine how being denied prescription opioids to ...
BackgroundPatients with a history of substance use are more likely than those without substance use ...
The study uses qualitative and quantitative data to describe sources of pain pills for illicit use a...
There is growing concern among US-based clinicians, patients, policy makers, and in the media about ...
Background There is growing evidence about illicit use of buprenorphine in the U.S. The study aims t...
Prescription opioid misuse has become a global epidemic and is a major public health concern in the ...
Painkillers were not always seen as dangerous drugs. Less than 20 years ago, these medications were ...
This study, conducted in Columbus, Ohio, identified the predictors of current (past 30 day) illicit ...
It has been estimated that chronic non cancer pain (CNCP) affects more than 30% of people worldwide....
The purpose of this research study is to explore the lived experience of using opiates, as described...
Copyright © 2014 Sheree M. Schrager et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Crea...
The nonmedical use and abuse of prescription drugs is a serious public health problem in this countr...
Background: Community pharmacists are a key intervention point in efforts to prevent and mitigate th...