The prescription drug abuse epidemic
| Autor: | Hoi-Ying Elsie Yu |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
| Předmět: |
Drug
medicine.medical_specialty Prescription Drugs business.industry Substance-Related Disorders medicine.medical_treatment media_common.quotation_subject Biochemistry (medical) Clinical Biochemistry MEDLINE Drug diversion medicine.disease Prescription drug abuse United States Stimulant Substance abuse medicine Illicit drug Humans Medical prescription Psychiatry business Epidemics media_common |
| Zdroj: | Clinics in laboratory medicine. 32(3) |
| ISSN: | 1557-9832 |
| Popis: | In the United States, the nonmedical use of prescription drugs is the second most common illicit drug use, behind only marijuana. This article discusses the abuse issues with three of the most widely abused prescription drugs: opioids, central nervous system (CNS) depressants (eg, benzodiazepines), and stimulants (eg, amphetamine-dextroamphetamine and methylphenideate) in the United States. Efforts to deal with the problem are described as well. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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