Transcript Profiles of OxyContin Users

Profiles of
OxyContin
Users
Deni Carise, PH.D. Treatment Research Institute,
University of Pennsylvania
San Antonio, TX. October, 2007
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OxyContin® work
• OxyContin®, the brand name of a timerelease prescription opioid has a similar active
ingredient found in several other prescription
(Rx) opioids and in heroin.
• However, the media portrays users of
OxyContin® as being more “drug naïve”,
younger and more educated than individuals
using other opioids such as heroin.
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DENS OxyContin Data
After numerous OxyContin issues
headlines, DENS added
questions about OxyContin to
the system and began tracking
OxyContin use among people
presenting for treatment.
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Media Stereotypes
• Rx opioid
User
–Younger
–White
–More
education
–Higher SES
–Drug naïve
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Media Stereotypes
• Heroin User
–Male
–Minority
–Lower SES
–Drug
experienced
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OxyContin Questions
OxyContin (Oxy’s, OC’s)
Cebacontin (CeeBee’s, CB’s) *
Hydrocodone (Vicodan, Lortec, Lortab)
Oxycodone (Percodan, Percocet, Tylox)
Hydromorphone (Dilaudid)
How many days in the past 30 have you used…?
How many years did you regularly use….?
Route of Use: Oral, Nasal, Smoking, IM, IV
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Significant Differences
Prescription opioid users:
• Were younger & more likely to be
employed full-time, female and white
• Had more medical hospitalizations and
more family problems
• More likely to be awaiting legal charges
• Had longer histories of alcohol, sedative,
and cannabis use
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Significant Differences
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Heroin users:
Were older & more likely to be
unemployed, male, and non-white
Significantly fewer family problems
Longer history of cocaine &
amphetamine use
Higher employment and drug
composite scores
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Summary
• Among treatment seeking, sub. abusers:
–Prescription opioid users did have
different demographic and substance
use backgrounds
–Both groups had many significant health
and social problems
• Differences may have implications in
prevention and treatment
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