Prescription drug dependence with and without concurrent illicit drug use: a multicenter cross-sectional survey among an addiction treatment seeking population

• Published in: Frontiers in psychiatry Vol. 14; p. 1133606
• Main Authors: Nawaz, Asma, Nielsen, Suzanne, Mehmood, Tahir, Abdullah, Abdullah, Ahmed, Ali, Ullah, Waseem, Khan, Ahmad
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland Frontiers Media S.A 01.06.2023
• Subjects: benzodiazepines; illicit drug use; narcotics analgesics; opioids; prescription drug use; Psychiatry; benzodiazepines; narcotics analgesics; illicit drug use; prescription drug use; opioids

Dependence on prescription drugs and illicit drugs imposes a global health and social burden. Despite accumulating evidence of prescription drugs and illicit drugs dependence, none of the systematized studies has explored the magnitude of this problem in Pakistan. The aim is to investigate the exten...