Prescription Pain Relievers & Young Adults

Prescription Pain Relievers & Young Adults

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http://www.samhsa.gov/samhsaNewsletter/Volume_17_Number_2/MarchApril2009.pdf

Trends over the past 5 years show an increase in misuse by young adults age 18 to 25.

According to a recent report from SAMHSA’s Office of Applied Studies (OAS), Trends in Nonmedical Use of Prescription Pain Relievers: 2002-2007, young adults age 18 to 25 currently using pain relievers for nonmedical reasons increased from 4.1 percent in 2002 to 4.6 percent in 2007. The report is based on a series of nationwide surveys.
http://oas.samhsa.gov/2k9/painRelievers/nonmedicalTrends.pdf (4 páginas)

That percentage represents a total of 1.5 million young adults who used prescription pain relievers nonmedically in the past month in 2007.

Among youth age 12 to 17, the report shows encouraging findings in that nonmedical use of pain relievers in the past month had declined from 3.2 percent in 2002 to 2.7 percent in 2007.

Overall, 5.2 million people age 12 years or older reported using prescription pain relievers nonmedically in the past month in 2007.