Outpatient treatment and outcome of prescription drug abuse
- 1 February 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of internal medicine (1960)
- Vol. 139 (2) , 154-156
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.139.2.154
Abstract
Consecutive patients [46] who voluntarily sought outpatient treatment for abuse of 1 or more prescription drugs were studied. Barbiturates, amphetamines and diazepam were the most common drugs abused. Desired treatments by patients included counseling, medical withdrawal or medical maintenance with the drug of abuse or a chemically related drug. Patients [22, 47.8%] left treatment and relapsed within 1 mo.; another 8 (17.4%) patients relapsed between 1 and 3 mo. after entering treatment. Only 13 (28.3%) reported abstinence 90 days after entering treatment. A wide range of medical, social and psychologic resources are apparently required to treat prescription drug abuse, and long-term drug abstinence is difficult to achieve with all patients.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
- Drugs Five Years LaterAnnals of Internal Medicine, 1976
- Evolving Patterns of Drug AbuseAnnals of Internal Medicine, 1975
- Amphetamine abuse. Pattern and effects of high doses taken intravenouslyJAMA, 1967