OxyContin use on a rural midwest American Indian reservation: demographic correlates and reasons for using.
cross_sectional · Level IV
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- Also identified by DOI 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301372 and PMC identifier 3828707.
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Abstract
In 2009 we surveyed 400 tribal members of a midwestern American Indian reservation to assess the prevalence of OxyContin use. Thirty percent of tribal participants reported nonmedical use of OxyContin ever, 18.9% in the past year, and 13.4% in the past month. Participants aged 18 to 25 years were most likely to have used OxyContin. Reasons given for use of the drug included pain relief (59.3%) and getting high (52.2%), indicating a need for opioid treatment programs.
Medical subject headings
- Analgesics, Opioid
- Indians, North American
- Off-Label Use
- Oxycodone
- Rural Population
- Substance-Related Disorders