[Download] "Non-Medical Use of Prescription Opioids Among Ontario Adults: Data from the 2008/2009 CAMH Monitor (Quantitative Research) (Report)" by Canadian Journal of Public Health * eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
eBook details
- Title: Non-Medical Use of Prescription Opioids Among Ontario Adults: Data from the 2008/2009 CAMH Monitor (Quantitative Research) (Report)
- Author : Canadian Journal of Public Health
- Release Date : January 01, 2011
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 306 KB
Description
Prescription opioid analgesics (PO) use in North America has become a major medical and public health concern with consumption of PO in Canada and the United States (US) being higher than anywhere else in the world. (1-3) In Canada, the amount of PO dispensed has doubled in the last decade alone. (1) Additionally, the number of opioid-related deaths (both prescription and illegal opioids) in Canada increased 41% from 1999 to 2004. (4) An analogous situation exists in the US, where the prevalence of PO use and non-medical prescription opioid analgesics use (NMPOU) and the incidence of mortality and morbidity associated with NMPOU have increased since the early 1990s. (5-7) Prevalence of PO use and the amount of PO dispensed in a population for medical purposes is associated with 1) the prevalence of NMPOU, (2,8,9) and 2) the mortality and morbidity associated with opioid use (e.g., deaths due to overdose, and admissions to emergency rooms and treatment facilities for substance abuse), albeit with a time lag. (4,10) While the associations with PO use can be used to indirectly estimate NMPOU prevalence, (9) another possibility is to use surveys such as the Canadian Alcohol and Drug Use Monitoring Survey (CADUMS) 2008 which may be used to directly estimate the prevalence of NMPOU. (11)