Sentences with phrase «risky opioid use»

«One explanation for the high rate of risky opioid use among disability - entitled enrollees is the group of risk factors linked with opioid misuse including mood disorders, cognitive disability and back pain - related disorders,» Kuo said.

The national VA system had made other attempts to combat risky opioid use before OSI, including guidelines for prescribing, but the new research shows OSI greatly accelerated the downward trend.

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Participants who reported risky use of cannabis, amphetamines or opioids prior to being incarcerated or who had committed a drug - related crime were at a higher risk of returning to prison.

The Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST) was recently developed for the WHO by an international group of substance abuse researchers to screen for problem or risky use of tobacco, alcohol, cannabis, cocaine, amphetamine - type stimulants, sedatives, hallucinogens, inhalants, opioids, and «other drugs» that do not fall into the previous nine categories.40 The ASSIST was found to have high internal consistency (α > 0.80), correlated well against similarly worded items of other questionnaires, and good concurrent validity with a range of substance use and dependence measures.40