Poly-prescription drug misuse across the life course: Prevalence and correlates across different adult age cohorts in the U.S.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Most research on prescription drug misuse (PDM) focuses on the misuse of specific classes of psychoactive prescription drugs among adolescents or young adults. The current research addressed important gaps in the literature by assessing poly-prescription drug misuse (poly-PDM), the misuse of more than one class of psychoactive prescription drug, across different adult age cohorts.

Methods

We used the 2015-2018 National Survey on Drug Use and Health to examine the prevalence of past-year poly-PDM and specific combinations of PDM. Multinomial logistic regression was used to identify demographic, health-related factors, and substance use behaviors that were significantly associated with poly-PDM.

Results

The prevalence of poly-PDM decreases with age and is com

SUBMITTER: Ford JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8005409 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature