TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Prescription Drug Use and Misuse
A1  - Ompad, Danielle C.
A1  - Sandh, Simon
A2  - Boulton, Matthew L.
A2  - Wallace, Robert B.
PY  - 2022
T2  - Maxcy-Rosenau-Last Public Health & Preventive Medicine, 16e
AB  - In  2015,  prescription  psychotherapeutic  drugs  such  as  pain  relievers,  tranquilizers,  stimulants,  and  sedatives  were  used  by  119  million  Americans  aged  12  and  older—representing  44.5%  of  the  population.1  In  the  same  year,  approximately  18.9  million  Americans  (or  7.1%  of  the  population)  misused  psychotherapeutic  drugs;  thus,  a  majority  of  people  who  used  prescriptions  drugs  did  not  misuse  them.  Prescription  pain  relievers  are  the  mostly  commonly  misused  prescription  drug  (4.7%),  followed  by  tranquilizers  (2.3%),  stimulants  (2.0%),  and  sedatives  (0.6%).  For  those  who  misuse  prescription  drugs,  this  misuse  may  result  in  substantial  morbidity  and  mortality.  In  addition,  prescription  drug  use  and  misuse  may  result  in  the  disruption  of  social  ties  and  engagement  with  the  criminal  justice  system.  Here  we  briefly  review  the  pharmacology  of  different  prescription  drug  classes,  the  epidemiology  of  prescription  drug  misuse  as  well  as  the  medical  consequences  of  misuse  and  evidence-based  interventions  for  harm  reduction  and  treatment.  
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PB  - McGraw Hill
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182669465
ER  -