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ReviewJournal of substance abuse treatment2015

Prescription drug abuse: from epidemiology to public policy.

R Kathryn McHugh, Suzanne Nielsen, Roger D Weiss

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Review in Journal of substance abuse treatment, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 53 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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53citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
7.5field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

53 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 121 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

R Kathryn McHughDivision of Alcohol and Drug Abuse, McLean Hospital, 115 Mill Street, Belmont, MA 02478, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, 25 Shattuck Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Electronic address: kmchugh@mclean.harvard.edu.
Suzanne NielsenUniversity of New South Wales, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, New South Wales, Australia; Drug and Alcohol Services, South Eastern Sydney Local Health District, New South Wales, Australia.
Roger D WeissDivision of Alcohol and Drug Abuse, McLean Hospital, 115 Mill Street, Belmont, MA 02478, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, 25 Shattuck Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Harvard University · USUNSW Sydney · AU

Funding

The National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network (U10)U10DA015831 · NIDA · MC LEAN HOSPITAL (BELMONT, MA) · PI CARROLL, KATHLEEN M., WEISS, ROGER D. · 2002 to 2015
$28.8M
Mentoring in Drug Abuse and Dual Diagnosis ResearchK24DA022288 · NIDA · MCLEAN HOSPITAL · PI WEISS, ROGER D. · 2007 to 2016
$1.8M
GENDER DIFFERENCES IN MECHANISMS OF RECOVERY FROM OPIOID USE DISORDER AND ANXIETYK23DA035297 · NIDA · MCLEAN HOSPITAL · PI MCHUGH, REBECCA KATHRYN · 2014 to 2018
$959k
NIDA NIH HHS K23 DA035297NIDA NIH HHS K24 DA022288NIDA NIH HHS U10 DA015831
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Prescription drug abuse has reached an epidemic level in the United States. The prevalence of prescription drug abuse escalated rapidly beginning in the late 1990s, requiring a significant increase in research to better understand the nature and treatment of this problem. Since this time, a research literature has begun to develop and has provided important information about how prescription drug abuse is similar to, and different from the abuse of other substances. This introduction to a special issue of the Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment on prescription drug abuse provides an overview of the current status of the research literature in this area. The papers in this special issue include a sampling of the latest research on the epidemiology, clinical correlates, treatment, and public policy considerations of prescription drug abuse. Although much has been learned about prescription drug abuse in recent years, this research remains in early stages, particularly with respect to understanding effective treatments for this population. Future research priorities include studies on the interaction of prescription drugs with other licit and illicit substances, the impact of prescription drug abuse across the lifespan, the optimal treatment for prescription drug abuse and co-occurring conditions, and effective public policy initiatives for reducing prescription drug abuse.

Indexed as

Public PolicyHumansPrescription Drug MisuseEpidemiologyNonmedical drug usePrescription drug abusePrescription opioidsTreatment

Identifiers

PMID25239857
PMCPMC4250400
OpenAlexW2017353191

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