CDC Science Clips

Opioid Pain Reliever (OPR) Abuse

1. Highlights of the 2009 Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) findings on drug-related emergency department visits
   Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
   . 2010 .


2. *Clinical guidelines for the use of chronic opioid therapy in chronic noncancer pain
   Chou R, Fanciullo GJ, Fine PG, Adler JA, Ballantyne JC, Davies P, Donovan MI, et al.
   J Pain. 2009 Feb;10(2):113-30.


3. Prescription for peril: how insurance fraud finances theft and abuse of addictive prescription drugs
   Coalition Against Insurance Fraud.
   . 2007 .


4. Drug overdose deaths--Florida, 2003-2009
   Goldberger B, Thogmartin J, Johnson H, Paulozzi LJ, Rudd R, Ibrahimova A.
   MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2011 Jul 8;60(26):869-72.


5. Patterns of abuse among unintentional pharmaceutical overdose fatalities
   Hall AJ, Logan JE, Toblin RL, Kaplan JA, Kraner JC, Bixler D, Paulozzi LJ.
   JAMA. 2008 Dec 10;300(22):2613-20.


6. *Therapeutic use, abuse, and nonmedical use of opioids: a ten-year perspective
   Manchikanti L, Fellows B, Ailinani H, Pampati V.
   Pain Physician. 2010 Sep-Oct;13(5):401-35.


7. Opioid analgesics and rates of fatal drug poisoning in the United States
   Paulozzi LJ, Ryan GW.
   Am J Prev Med. 2006 Dec;31(6):506-11.


8. Recent changes in drug poisoning mortality in the United States by urban-rural status and by drug type
   Paulozzi LJ, Xi Y.
   Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2008 Oct;17(10):997-1005.


9. Prescribing patterns of Schedule II opioids in California workers' compensation
   Swedlow A, Ireland J, Johnson G.
   Research Update: California Workers' Compensation Institute. 2011 .


10. Increase in fatal poisonings involving opioid analgesics in the United States, 1999-2006
    Warner M, Chen LH, Makuc DM.
    NCHS Data Brief. 2009 Sep(22):1-8.