Objectives: This study aims to investigate racial-ethnic differences in reasons for misuse of
prescription medications among a nationally representative sample of US adults. Methods …

Background Prescription drug misuse, especially opioid misuse, has become a public health
crisis in the US. While much research attention has been focused on prescription drug …

Background: Prescription drug misuse is second only to marijuana use as the nation's most
common type of illicit drug use. As a result, understanding the prevalence of and reasons for …

This study examines racial and ethnic disparities and prevalence in prescription drug
misuse, illicit drug use, and the combination of both behaviors in the United States. Using …

Objective Disparities in the assessment and treatment of chronic pain among racial/ethnic
may lead to self-treatment for undertreated pain. This study examines whether pain intensity …

Objectives Prescription drug misuse (PDM) is a significant public health problem. As
research has evolved, the definitions of misuse have varied over time, yet the implications of …

Background Opioid misuse, including prescription opioid misuse, remains a significant
public health concern impacting various ethnoracial groups in the United States, including …

Objectives. To characterize prescription opioid medical users and misusers among US
adults. Methods. We used the 2016–2017 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health to …

Background Although changes to prescribing guidelines appear to have resulted in fewer
prescriptions from doctors, no recent study has looked at changes to where prescription …

Background: Older adults, an increasingly diverse segment of the United States population,
are a priority population for prescription painkiller misuse. This study documents trends and …