Carlisle Maxwell Jane
a Addiction Research Institute, School of Social Work, The University of Texas at Austin , Austin , Texas , USA.
J Addict Dis. 2015;34(2-3):127-40. doi: 10.1080/10550887.2015.1059667.
The abuse of prescription pain relievers and/or heroin is a significant public health concern. This article identifies the changes in this epidemic and estimates the extent of the gap between treatment availability and need.
This article uses the national data on opioid and heroin abuse to identify at-risk groups.
Findings include shifting from narcotic analgesics to heroin and demographic changes as well as changes in supply and new medication-assisted therapies.
The number of persons dependent on pain relievers or heroin and new initiates is more than three times greater than the current capacity to deliver treatment.
处方止痛药物和/或海洛因的滥用是一个重大的公共卫生问题。本文确定了这一流行趋势的变化，并估计了治疗可及性与需求之间的差距程度。
本文使用关于阿片类药物和海洛因滥用的全国数据来确定高危人群。
研究结果包括从麻醉性镇痛药转向海洛因、人口结构变化以及供应变化和新的药物辅助治疗。
依赖止痛药物或海洛因的人数以及新使用者的数量是目前治疗能力的三倍多。
