Non-Medical Use and Abuse:
Prescription-type and Over-the-Counter Drugs

Data tables & figures on psychotherapeutics

What's New (also see Latest National Survey on Drug Use & Health):

The NSDUH Report:  Trends in Nonmedical Use of Prescription Pain Relievers: 2002 to 2007

The NSDUH Report:  Nonmedical Use of Pain Relievers in Substate Regions: 2004 to 2006

The NSDUH Report:  Nonmedical Stimulant Use, Other Drug Use, Delinquent Behaviors, and Depression Among Adolescents

The NSDUH Report:  Misuse of Over-the-Counter Cough and Cold Medications among Persons Aged 12 to 25

Misuse of prescription drugs 

The New DAWN Report:  Emergency Department Visits Involving Dextromethorphan

All reports on prescription & OTC use and treatment

• Amphetamines

• Analgesics/ Pain relievers

• Benzodiazepines

• Dextromethorphan (OTC)

• Methamphetamines

• OTC: Over the Counter Drugs:   Dextromethorphan, OTC treatment admissions, etc.

• Oxycodone

• Prescription diet pills

• Sedatives

• Stimulants

• Tranquilizers

DAWN: 

• Emergency department & mortality data

List of drugs sorted by generic name  (Excel Tables)

List of drugs sorted by brand name   (Excel Tables) 

Data Tables & Figures

2007 NSDUH: 

   Results of the 2007 National Survey on Drug Use & Health (HTML format)

Chapter:  Illicit Drug Use

• Psychotherapeutics
• Source of prescription drugs

Detailed Tables

• Nonmedical use of prescription type drugs (tables 1.17A - 1.18B;  tables 1.49A - 1.58B; tables 1.78A -1.82B)

2006 NSDUH: 

   Results of the 2006 National Survey on Drug Use & Health (HTML format)

Chapter:  Illicit Drug Use

• Psychotherapeutics
• Source of prescription drugs
• Past year use of methamphetamines and mean age of first use (Figure 5.5)

Detailed Tables

• Nonmedical use of prescription type drugs

2005 NSDUH: 

   Results of the 2005 National Survey on Drug Use & Health (HTML format)

Chapter:  Illicit Drug Use

• Psychotherapeutics
• Source of prescription drugs
• Nonmedical use of methamphetamines, stimulants & psychotherapeutics (Table B6)

2004 NSDUH: 

   Results of the 2004 National Survey on Drug Use & Health (HTML format)

Chapter:  Illicit Drug Use

• Trends in new users of psychotherapeutics

   Detailed Tables on NonMedical Use of Prescription type Drugs

• Prevalences (numbers & percentages of users)
• Prevalence by detailed ages
• Demographics
• Geographic characteristics
• Specific analgesics, tranquilizers stimulants, and sedatives  (numbers & percentages of users)

2003 NSDUH: 

   Detailed Tables on NonMedical Use of Prescription type Drugs

• Prevalences (numbers & percentages of users)
• Prevalence by detailed ages
• Demographics
• Geographic characteristics
• Specific analgesics, tranquilizers stimulants, and sedatives  (numbers & percentages of users)

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2002 Data:

   Results of the 2002 National Survey on Drug Use & Health (HTML format)

Chapter:  Illicit Drug Use

• NonMedical use of prescription type psychotherapeutics

• Trends in new users of psychotherapeutics

   Detailed Tables:  2002 National Survey on Drug Use & Health (PDF format)

• NonMedical Use of Any Psychotherapeutic by Demographic Characteristics (Go to Tables 1.51 - 1.55)

• NonMedical Use of Any Psychotherapeutic by Geographic Characteristics (Go to Tables 1.96 - 1.100)

• Specific hallucinogen, inhalant, needle, heroin, pain reliever, tranquilizer, stimulant, and sedative use by age categories (Go to Tables 1.106 - 1.110)

• Incidence Tables: marijuana, cocaine, heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, and psychotherapeutics Use (Go to Tables 4.1 - 4.14)
  • Male new users:  (Go to tables 4.20 - 4.33)
  • Female new users:  (Go to tables 4.39 - 4.52)

2001 Data:

• Nonmedical use of any prescription type drugs by demographic characteristics (Tables 1.51 A to 1.55B)

• Lifetime Use of Specific Stimulants in 2000 & 2001 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse:

  Methedrine, Prescription Diet Pills, Ritalin®, Cylert®, Dexedrine®, Dextroamphetamine, Didrex®, Eskatrol®, Ionamin®, Mazanor®, Obedrin-LA®, Plegine®, Preludin®, and Sanorex®.

• Pain Relievers (PDF format) Go to Table 1.107 A&B

• Sedatives (PDF format) Go to Table 1.110 A&

• Tranquilizers (PDF format) Go to Table 1.108 A&B

• Specific Sedative, Stimulants, Tranquilizers, and Pain Relievers (PDF format) Go to Tables 1.107 to 1.110 A, B

• Prescription Diet Pills

All Reports on Prescription-Type  and OTC Drugs

The NSDUH Report:  Trends in Nonmedical Use of Prescription Pain Relievers: 2002 to 2007

The NSDUH Report:  Nonmedical Stimulant Use, Other Drug Use, Delinquent Behaviors, and Depression Among Adolescents

The NSDUH Report:  Misuse of Over-the-Counter Cough and Cold Medications among Persons Aged 12 to 25

 The NSDUH Report:  Patterns and Trends in Nonmedical Prescription Pain Reliever Use: 2002 to 2005 (includes data on oxycodone & hydrocodone products)

The NSDUH Report:  Methamphetamine Use

The NSDUH Report:  How Young Adults Obtain Prescription Pain Relievers for Nonmedical Use

The New DAWN Report:  Emergency Department Visits Involving Dextromethorphan

Misuse of prescription drugs  

The NSDUH Report:  State Estimates of Past Year Methamphetamine Use

 The New DAWN Report:  Emergency Department Visits Involving ADHD Stimulant Medications

2007 NSDUH: 

   Results of the 2007 National Survey on Drug Use & Health (HTML format)

Chapter:  Illicit Drug Use

• Psychotherapeutics
• Source of prescription drugs

Detailed Tables

• Nonmedical use of prescription type drugs (tables 1.17A - 1.18B;  tables 1.49A - 1.58B; tables 1.78A -1.82B)

2006 NSDUH: 

   Results of the 2006 National Survey on Drug Use & Health (HTML format)

Chapter:  Illicit Drug Use

• Psychotherapeutics
• Source of prescription drugs
• Past year use of methamphetamines and mean age of first use (Figure 5.5)

Detailed Tables

• Nonmedical use of prescription type drugs

2005 NSDUH: 

• Psychotherapeutics
• Source of prescription drugs
• Nonmedical use of methamphetamines, stimulants & psychotherapeutics (Table B6)

2004 DAWN Emergency Department Visits:  Nonmedical use of pharmaceuticals (chapter)

• Table 13:  number of visits

• Table 14:  by patient and visit characteristics

• Figure 8:  by age and gender

The DASIS Report:  Characteristics of Primary Tranquilizer  Admissions: 2002

The NSDUH Report: Stimulant Use:  2003  

The NSDUH Report: NonMedical Oxycodone Users:  A Comparison with Heroin Users

The DASIS Report: Characteristics of Primary Prescription and Over-the-Counter Treatment Admissions, 2002

The DAWN Report:  Narcotic Analgesics, 2002 Update

The DAWN Report:  Amphetamine and Methamphetamine Emergency Department Visits, 1995-2002

The DAWN Report:  Demographic Characteristics of Benzodiazepine-involved ED Visits

The DASIS Report:  Treatment Admissions in Urban & Rural Areas Involving Abuse of Narcotic Painkillers: 2002 Update

The DASIS Report: Treatment Admissions Involving Narcotic Painkillers: 2002 Update

The NSDUH Report:  Nonmedical Use of Prescription Pain Relievers

The DAWN Report:  Benzodiazepines in Drug Abuse-Related ED Visits, 1995-2002   (PDF format)

The DASIS Report: Treatment Admissions Involving Narcotic Painkillers 

Trends in new users of psychotherapeutics:  2002 National Survey on Drug Use & Health

Trends in life time use of psychotherapeutics:  2002 National Survey on Drug Use & Health

The DASIS Report: Characteristics of Primary Benzodiazepine Admissions: 2000

The DASIS Report:  Prescription and Over-the-Counter Drug Abuse Admissions

The DASIS Report:  Amphetamine Treatment Admissions Increase:  1993-1999

Methamphetamine Abuse in the United States

DAWN:  Emergency Department & Mortality Data

• The New DAWN Report:  Emergency Department Visits Involving Dextromethorphan

•  The New DAWN Report:  Emergency Department Visits Involving ADHD Stimulant Medications

• The New DAWN Report:  Emergency Department Visits Involving Nonmedical Use of Selected Pharmaceuticals 

• Drug Abuse Warning Network, 2004: National Estimates of Drug-Related Emergency Department Visits (HTML)  (PDF format, 1.32 KB)

• Nonmedical use of pharmaceuticals (chapter)

• Table 13:  number of visits

• Table 14:  by patient and visit characteristics

• Figure 8:  by age and gender

• The DAWN Report:  Opiate-Related Drug Misuse Deaths in 6 States, 2003

• The DAWN Report:  Narcotic Analgesics, 2002 Update

• The DAWN Report:  Amphetamine and Methamphetamine Emergency Department Visits, 1995-2002

• The DAWN Report:  Demographic Characteristics of Benzodiazepine-involved ED Visits

• The DAWN Report: Oxycodone, Hydrocodone, and Polydrug Use, 2002

• The DAWN Report:  Benzodiazepines in Drug Abuse-Related ED Visits, 1995-2002

• The DAWN Report: Major Drugs of Abuse in ED Visits, 2001 Update (PDF format)

• The DAWN Report:  Narcotic Analgesics (PDF format)

• Trends in Emergency Department mentions for selected psychotherapeutic, CNS, and respiratory agents:  1997-2001  (EXCEL Tables)

• Numbers of mentions (in thousands) by half year from January-June 1997 to July-December 2001 (Excel Tables)

• Rates per 100,000 population (Excel Tables)

Benzodiazepines

Also see All reports on prescription type drugs

• The New DAWN Report:  Emergency Department Visits Involving Nonmedical Use of Selected Pharmaceuticals

• The DAWN Report:  Demographic Characteristics of Benzodiazepine-involved ED Visits

• The DAWN Report:  Benzodiazepines in Drug Abuse-Related ED Visits, 1995-2002   (PDF format)

• The DASIS Report: Characteristics of Primary Benzodiazepine Admissions: 2000

Prescription / Over-the-Counter  (OTC) Drugs

Also see Data tables on prescription type drugs

The NSDUH Report:  Trends in Nonmedical Use of Prescription Pain Relievers: 2002 to 2007

The NSDUH Report:  Misuse of Over-the-Counter Cough and Cold Medications among Persons Aged 12 to 25

The New DAWN Report:  Emergency Department Visits Involving Dextromethorphan

The DASIS Report: Characteristics of Primary Prescription and Over-the-Counter Treatment Admissions, 2002

The DASIS Report:  Prescription and Over-the-Counter Drug Abuse Admissions

Sedatives

Also see All reports on prescription type drugs and Benzodiazepines

Misuse of prescription drugs

2007 NSDUH: 

   Results of the 2007 National Survey on Drug Use & Health (HTML format)

Chapter:  Illicit Drug Use

• Psychotherapeutics
• Source of prescription drugs

Detailed Tables

• Nonmedical use of prescription type drugs (tables 1.17A - 1.18B;  tables 1.49A - 1.58B; tables 1.78A -1.82B)

Stimulants

Also see All reports on prescription type drugs

The NSDUH Report:  Nonmedical Stimulant Use, Other Drug Use, Delinquent Behaviors, and Depression Among Adolescents

Misuse of prescription drugs  

 The New DAWN Report:  Emergency Department Visits Involving ADHD Stimulant Medications

2007 NSDUH: 

   Results of the 2007 National Survey on Drug Use & Health (HTML format)

Chapter:  Illicit Drug Use

• Psychotherapeutics
• Source of prescription drugs

Detailed Tables

• Nonmedical use of prescription type drugs (tables 1.17A - 1.18B;  tables 1.49A - 1.58B; tables 1.78A -1.82B)

2006 NSDUH: 

   Results of the 2006 National Survey on Drug Use & Health (HTML format)

Chapter:  Illicit Drug Use

• Psychotherapeutics
• Source of prescription drugs
• Past year use of methamphetamines and mean age of first use (Figure 5.5)

Detailed Tables

• Nonmedical use of prescription type drugs

2005 NSDUH: 

   Results of the 2005 National Survey on Drug Use & Health (HTML format)

Chapter:  Illicit Drug Use

• Psychotherapeutics
• Source of prescription drugs
• Nonmedical use of methamphetamines, stimulants & psychotherapeutics (Table B6)

2004 NSDUH:

   Detailed Tables on NonMedical Use of Prescription type Drugs

• Prevalences (numbers & percentages of users)

• Demographics

• Geographic characteristics

• Specific analgesics, tranquilizers stimulants, and sedatives  (numbers & percentages of users)

2003 NSDUH:

   Detailed Tables on NonMedical Use of Prescription type Drugs from 2003 NSDUH:

• Prevalences (numbers & percentages of users)

• Demographics

• Geographic characteristics

• Specific analgesics, tranquilizers stimulants, and sedatives  (numbers & percentages of users)

   The NSDUH Report: Stimulant Use:  2003  

Tranquilizers

Also see All reports on prescription type drugs 

Misuse of prescription drugs  

The DASIS Report:  Characteristics of Primary Tranquilizer  Admissions: 2002

2007 NSDUH: 

   Results of the 2007 National Survey on Drug Use & Health (HTML format)

Chapter:  Illicit Drug Use

• Psychotherapeutics
• Source of prescription drugs

Detailed Tables

• Nonmedical use of prescription type drugs (tables 1.17A - 1.18B;  tables 1.49A - 1.58B; tables 1.78A -1.82B)

2006 NSDUH: 

   Results of the 2006 National Survey on Drug Use & Health (HTML format)

Chapter:  Illicit Drug Use

• Psychotherapeutics
• Source of prescription drugs
• Past year use of methamphetamines and mean age of first use (Figure 5.5)

Detailed Tables

• Nonmedical use of prescription type drugs

2005 NSDUH: 

   Results of the 2005 National Survey on Drug Use & Health (HTML format)

Chapter:  Illicit Drug Use

• Psychotherapeutics
• Source of prescription drugs
• Nonmedical use of methamphetamines, stimulants & psychotherapeutics (Table B6)

2004 NSDUH:  Detailed Tables on NonMedical Use of Prescription type Drugs

• Prevalences (numbers & percentages of users)

• Demographics

• Geographic characteristics

• Specific analgesics, tranquilizers stimulants, and sedatives  (numbers & percentages of users)

2003 NSDUH:  Detailed Tables on NonMedical Use of Prescription type Drugs

• Prevalences (numbers & percentages of users)

• Demographics

• Geographic characteristics

• Specific analgesics, tranquilizers stimulants, and sedatives  (numbers & percentages of users)

Tranquilizers (PDF format) Go to Table 1.108 A&B:  2001 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse

This page was last updated on February 04, 2009.