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- Title
Depression and Prescription Opioid Misuse Among Chronic Opioid Therapy Recipients With No History of Substance Abuse.
- Authors
Grattan, Alicia; Sullivan, Mark D.; Saunders, Kathleen W.; Campbell, Cynthia I.; Von Korff, Michael R.
- Abstract
The article examines the case of depression and opioid misuse among patients receiving chronic opioid therapy (COT) with no history of substance abuse in Northern California. It mentions the forms of opioid misuse that the patients were asked about. It notes the likelihood of patients with moderate and severe depression to misuse their opioid medications for non-pain symptoms. It also emphasizes that depressive symptoms are associated with some forms of misuse of the drug.
- Subjects
NORTHERN California; MENTAL depression; OPIOIDS; MEDICATION abuse; SUBSTANCE abuse; DEPRESSED persons
- Publication
Annals of Family Medicine, 2012, Vol 10, Issue 4, p304
- ISSN
1544-1709
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1370/afm.1371