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NOVEMBER 2022 QUESTION OF THE MONTH

Prescription opioid misuse is defined as using a prescribed drug without a physician’s order (i.e., taking someone else’s prescription) or taking a prescribed drug in a higher dose, more frequently, or as otherwise not intended. Despite decreases in prescription opioid misuse over the past decade, 5% to 15% of U.S. teens have recently admitted to misusing a prescribed opioid. Which of the following factors have been associated with increased risk for prescription opioid misuse? 

A.  Having been prescribed an opioid in the past
B.  Current or past substance use (including smoking, alcohol use)
C.  Having a diagnosis of ADHD
D.  Having a parent who misused a prescribed opioid
E.  All of the above increase the risk for opioid misuse

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OCTOBER 2022 VISUAL PEARL

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