TY  - JOUR
T1  - Nonmedical use of opioid analgesics obtained directly from physicians: Prevalence and correlates
AU  - Becker WC, Tobin DG, Fiellin DA
Y1  - 2011/06/13
N1  - 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.217
JO  - Archives of Internal Medicine
SP  - 1034
EP  - 1036
VL  - 171
IS  - 11
N2  - 
In light of significant risks associated with opioid use, physicians are encouraged to monitor patients to whom they prescribe them.1- 2 Guidelines have endorsed physician-initiated treatment agreements and urine drug testing,3 despite equivocal efficacy.4 Nonmedical use of opioids has increased in conjunction with opioid prescribing and is associated with addiction, overdose, and death. To understand the impact physicians can have on nonmedical use of opioids, studies that examine the sources of these opioids are needed. This study investigates the source of opioids used nonmedically, the features of patients who obtain these opioids from physicians, and the extent to which nonphysician sources are used.

SN  - 0003-9926
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.217
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2011.217
ER  -