Prescription Opioid Drugs: Treatment Need vs. Diversion Risk

National Institute on Drug Abuse

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-National Institute on Drug Abuse. (June 2020). Misuse of Prescription Drugs Research Report. National Institute on Drug Abuse, p. 19-23.

Update
Prescription Opioid Misuse
in Older Adult Surgical Patients:
Epidemiology, Prevention,
and Clinical Implications

- Dahlem, C. H., Schepis, T. S., McCabe, S. E., Rank, A. L., Kcomt, L., McCabe, V. V., & Voepel-Lewis, T. (2022). Prescription Opioid Misuse in Older Adult Surgical Patients: Epidemiology, Prevention, and Clinical Implications. Journal of addictions nursing, 33(4), 218–232. https://doi.org/10.1097/JAN.0000000000000488

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article References:
Chavez, M. N., & Rigg, K. K. (2020). Nutritional implications of opioid use disorder: A guide for drug treatment providers. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 34(6), 699–707.

Messina, B. G., & Worley, M. J. (2019). Effects of craving on opioid use are attenuated after pain coping counseling in adults with chronic pain and prescription opioid addiction. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 87(10), 918–926.

Vest, N. A., & Tragesser, S. (2020). Coping motives mediate the relationship between borderline personality features and alcohol, cannabis, and prescription opioid use disorder symptomatology in a substance use disorder treatment sample. Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment, 11(3), 230–236.

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