Lacy Benjamin W, Ditzler Thomas F
Department of Psychiatry, Tripler Army Medical Center, 1 Jarrett White Road, Honolulu, HI 96859-5000, USA.
Mil Med. 2007 Apr;172(4):388-92. doi: 10.7205/milmed.172.4.388.
Although inhalant abuse represents the third most commonly abused class of drugs in the military, it is a frequently overlooked form of substance abuse in the active duty population. Inhalants' lack of visibility is also evident in the civilian community. In both the civilian and military communities, the factors leading to underrecognition of inhalant abuse include high availability, low cost, lack of drug screening and drug treatment programs, and frequent misdiagnosis by clinicians. This review seeks to inform care providers about the prevalence, health risks, diagnosis, and treatment of inhalant abuse in the active duty population, and encourages clinicians to be more aggressive in the identification of this serious but underrecognized problem.
尽管吸入剂滥用是军队中第三大最常被滥用的药物类别，但在现役军人中，它却是一种经常被忽视的药物滥用形式。吸入剂的隐蔽性在平民社区也很明显。在平民和军队社区中，导致吸入剂滥用未被充分认识的因素包括容易获得、成本低、缺乏药物筛查和药物治疗项目，以及临床医生频繁误诊。本综述旨在让医疗服务提供者了解现役军人中吸入剂滥用的流行情况、健康风险、诊断和治疗，并鼓励临床医生更积极地识别这一严重但未被充分认识的问题。
