Toward primary prevention of extra-medical OxyContin® use among young people.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The prevention research context includes current epidemic levels of hazards associated with extra-medical use of OxyContin® (to get high or otherwise outside prescribed boundaries) among teenagers and young adults, and a recent OxyContin® re-formulation with an intent to reduce these hazards, plus hope for possibly beneficial primary prevention impact. The aim is to create a benchmark of risk estimates for the years just prior to OxyContin® re-formulation in anticipation of potential public health benefit in future years, with a focus on teens and the youngest adults in the United States, and to compare two methods for estimating peak risk.

Method

The data are from nationally representative probability sample surveys of 12-21 year olds, yielding estimates for incid

SUBMITTER: Deandrea DC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3928689 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature