The NSDUH
Report: Patterns and Trends in Nonmedical Prescription
Pain Reliever Use: 2002 to 2005
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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.
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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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