Sammendrag
Many of the drugs prescribed to patients for anxiety, sleeplessness or pain can be extremely addictive. The use and abuse of these drugs is an under-researched area, and we want in this project to shed light on, among other things, the incidence and distribution of the use of addictive prescription drugs in Norway.
The project will use sales data from the Norwegian Prescription Base (Nasjonalt reseptbasert legemiddelregister - ‘Reseptregisteret') for the following groups of medicines: Somadril; codeine compounds; benzodiazepines and z-drugs (benzodiazepine-like drugs). Different indicators on problematic use of prescription drugs (irregular amounts, large amounts, prescription drug shopping etc.) will be examined with a view to saying something about the abuse potential (pharmacology) of the drugs and the incidence of abuse in light of information from the prescription drug database (abuse epidemiology).
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Vitenskapelig sammendrag
Many of the drugs prescribed to patients for anxiety, sleeplessness or pain can be extremely addictive. The use and abuse of these drugs is an under-researched area, and we want in this project to shed light on, among other things, the incidence and distribution of the use of addictive prescription drugs in Norway.
The project will use sales data from the Norwegian Prescription Base (Nasjonalt reseptbasert legemiddelregister - ‘Reseptregisteret') for the following groups of medicines: Somadril; codeine compounds; benzodiazepines and z-drugs (benzodiazepine-like drugs). Different indicators on problematic use of prescription drugs (irregular amounts, large amounts, prescription drug shopping etc.) will be examined with a view to saying something about the abuse potential (pharmacology) of the drugs and the incidence of abuse in light of information from the prescription drug database (abuse epidemiology).
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