The NSDUH
Report: Patterns and Trends in Nonmedical Prescription
Pain Reliever Use: 2002 to 2005
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format (also has the data table used to construct each figure)
Highlights:
- SAMHSA's 2002-2005
National Surveys on Drug Use and Health indicate that the nonmedical
use of prescription pain relievers (analgesics) among persons aged 12
or older did not differ significantly among the years between 2002 and
2005. The number of persons who used prescription pain relievers nonmedically
for the first time in the past year of the survey also did not differ
significantly - - with 2.3 million persons initiating use in 2002, 2.4
million in 2003, 2.4 million in 2004 and 2.2 million in 2005.
- Combined data from 2002
to 2005 were used to examine the patterns of nonmedical prescription
pain reliever use in general and the nonmedical use specifically of
oxycodone and hydrocodone products. Oxycodone products include Percocet®,
Percodan®, Tylox®, OxyContin®, and other pain relievers
containing oxycodone that respondents specified that they used nonmedically.
Hydrocodone products include Vicodin®, Lortab®, Lorcet®/LorcetPlus®,
generic hydrocodone, and other pain relievers containing hydrocodone
that respondents specified.
- An annual average of
4.8% of persons aged 12 or older (11.4 million persons) used a prescription
pain reliever nonmedically in the 12 months prior to the survey.
- Of the persons aged 12 or older who first used
pain relievers nonmedically in the past year, 57.7% used hydrocodone
products and 21.7% used oxycodone products.
Prescription-type
or Over-the-Counter (OTC) drug use
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This Short Report, The
NSDUH Report: Patterns and Trends in Nonmedical Prescription
Pain Reliever Use: 2002 to 2005,
is based on SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug
Use and Health (NSDUH). The NSDUH is conducted by the Office
of Applied Studies (OAS) in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration (SAMHSA). SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug
Use and Health (NSDUH) is the primary source of information on the prevalence,
patterns, and consequences of drug and alcohol use and abuse in the general
U.S. civilian non institutionalized population, age 12 and older.
SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use & Health also
provides estimates for drug use by State.
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