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Relationship between Nonmedical Prescription-Opioid Use and Heroin Use

Year: 2016

Type: review

Abstract: A large fraction of heroin users now report that they formerly used prescription opioids nonmedically, a finding that has led to restrictions on opioid prescribing. Nevertheless, only a small fraction of prescription-opioid users move on to heroin use.

Source: New England Journal of Medicine

DOI: 10.1056/nejmra1508490

Authors: Wilson M. Compton, Christopher M. Jones, Grant T. Baldwin

Institutions: National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse, United States Food and Drug Administration, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Language: English

Topic: Opioid Use Disorder Treatment

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention