Relationship between Nonmedical Prescription-Opioid Use and Heroin Use

N Engl J Med. 2016 Jan 14;374(2):154-63. doi: 10.1056/NEJMra1508490.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Age Distribution
  • Analgesics, Opioid* / pharmacology
  • Child
  • Drug Overdose / mortality
  • Female
  • Heroin / pharmacology
  • Heroin Dependence / epidemiology*
  • Heroin Dependence / mortality
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Opioid-Related Disorders / epidemiology*
  • Oxycodone
  • Prescription Drug Misuse / trends*
  • United States / epidemiology
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Analgesics, Opioid
  • Heroin
  • Oxycodone