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Article de Périodique
Doctor shopping for methylphenidate as a proxy for misuse and potential abuse in the 67 million inhabitants in France (2021)
Auteur(s) :
SOEIRO, T. ;
FRAUGER, E. ;
PRADEL, V. ;
MICALLEF, J.
Année :
2021
Page(s) :
751-761
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
49
Domaine :
Autres substances / Other substances
Discipline :
EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology)
Thésaurus géographique
FRANCE
Thésaurus mots-clés
MEDICAMENTS
;
METHYLPHENIDATE
;
MESUSAGE
;
ABUS
;
PRESCRIPTION MEDICALE
;
ETUDE TRANSVERSALE
;
BASE DE DONNEES
Note générale :
Editorial : Rolland B. Doctor shopping for methylphenidate as a proxy for misuse and potential abuse in the 67 million inhabitants in France. Fundamental and Clinical Pharmacology, 2021, Vol. 35, n° 4, p. 749-750. https://doi.org/10.1111/fcp.12675
Résumé :
Doctor shopping enables subjects to receive more than the prescribed dose out of any medical management, which suggests a search for high doses and makes doctor shopping a relevant proxy for misuse and potential abuse. Therefore, this study aimed to identify and characterize profiles of subjects with doctor-shopping behavior for methylphenidate in the entire French population. This study is a cross-sectional study of doctor-shopping behavior for methylphenidate in France, in 2016, using the Système national des données de santé, and accounting for overlapping prescriptions. Subjects who obtained >840 mg by doctor shopping were defined as subjects with heavy doctor-shopping behavior, and subjects who obtained >0 mg and
Affiliation :
Aix-Marseille Université, Inserm, UMR 1106, Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Marseille, Service de Pharmacologie Clinique, Centre d'Évaluation et d'Information sur la Pharmacodépendance - Addictovigilance, Marseille, France