Prescription Opioid Use: Patient Characteristics and Misuse in Community Pharmacy

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Highlights a study on prescription opioid use in both rural and urban communities in southwestern Pennsylvania. Analyzes data from an anonymous survey about opioid usage by type of drug and participant characteristics, such as age, gender, and education, among others.

Gerald Cochran, Jennifer L. Bacci, Thomas Ylioja, et al.

Journal of the American Pharmacists Association, 56(3), 248-256

05/2016

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Pharmacy and prescription drugs · Prescription drug misuse · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Pennsylvania