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Nonprescription use of pain relievers by middle-aged and elderly community-living adults: National Survey on Drug Use and Health.

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2009-07
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Blazer, Dan G
Wu, Li-Tzy
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To estimate the frequency, distribution, and correlates of nonprescription use of pain relievers by middle-aged and elderly persons in the United States.Cross-sectional data analysis of a national community survey.The 2005 and 2006 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health.Ten thousand nine hundred fifty-three respondents aged 50 and older (6,717 aged 50-64 and 4,236 aged > or = 65).Social and demographic variables, detailed assessment of nonprescription use (and abuse) of prescription pain relievers (e.g., acetaminophen with codeine, morphine), substance use, major depression, self-reported medical illnesses, and self-rated health.A small proportion of the sample (1.4%) reported nonprescription use of prescription pain relievers during the previous year. Combinations of acetaminophen and hydrocodone or propoxyphene were the most commonly used drugs. Use was associated with younger age (odds ratio (OR)=2.39, 95% confidence interval (CI)=1.31-4.36), American Indian and Alaska native (OR=8.78, 95% CI=2.50-30.85), and use of marijuana (OR=7.07, 95% CI=3.99-12.53). Fewer than 10% of nonprescription users were abusing these medications or dependent upon them.In a representative sample of middle-aged and older adults, nonprescription use of prescription pain relievers is relatively uncommon, but the much higher use by middle-aged adults suggests that, as this cohort ages, the problem may increase in elderly people.
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Journal article
Subject
Humans
Pain
Substance-Related Disorders
Analgesics
Prevalence
Logistic Models
Risk Factors
Cross-Sectional Studies
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Middle Aged
United States
Female
Male
Interviews as Topic
Nonprescription Drugs
Surveys and Questionnaires
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https://hdl.handle.net/10161/20005
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10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02306.x
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Blazer, Dan G; & Wu, Li-Tzy (2009). Nonprescription use of pain relievers by middle-aged and elderly community-living adults: National Survey on Drug Use and Health. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 57(7). pp. 1252-1257. 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02306.x. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/20005.
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Blazer

Daniel German Blazer

J. P. Gibbons Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry
I am currently semi-retired. Most of my recent work has been focused on roles with the National Academy of Medicine (former Institute of Medicine). I have chaired three committees during the past four years, one on the mental health and substance use workforce, one on cognitive aging, and one on hearing loss in adults. I currently also chair the Board on the Health of Select Populations for the National Academies. In the past I have been PI on a number of research
Wu

Li-Tzy Wu

Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Education/Training: Pre- and post-doctoral training in mental health service research, psychiatric epidemiology (NIMH T32), and addiction epidemiology (NIDA T32) from Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health (Maryland); Fellow of the NIH Summer Institute on the Design and Conduct of Randomized Clinical Trials.Director: Duke Community Based Substance Use Disorder Research Program.Research interests: COVID-19, Opioid misuse, Opioid overdose, Opioid use disorder
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