Table 2.

Frequency of Aberrant drug-related behaviors stratified by prescription drug use disorder (PDUD) (n=264)

Behavior	PDUD n = 61 n (%)	No Disorder n = 203 n (%)	p-value
Appears intoxicated/high	10 (16%)	8 (4%)	0.002
Use someone else’s medication	3 (5%)	8 (4%)	0.8
Bought medication off the street	3 (5%)	3 (2%)	0.1
Extensive time discussing medication	3 (5%)	9 (4%)	1.0
Involvement in an accident	3 (5%)	29 (14%)	0.07
Number of prescription locations	3 (5%)	4 (2%)	0.2
Insists non-narcotics don’t work	1 (2%)	8 (4%)	0.7
Try to get scripts from other MDs	1 (2%)	3 (2%)	1.0
Urgent visit for pain	50 (82%)	159 (78%)	0.6
Early refill	9 (15%)	29 (14%)	1.0
Urgent visit for narcotic pain meds	9 (15%)	14 (7%)	0.06
Insists on medication by name	7 (12%)	22 (11%)	0.8
Lost medication	5 (8%)	11 (5%)	0.5
Increase dose w/o authorization	4 (7%)	12 (6%)	0.6
Reports stolen medication	3 (5%)	3 (2%)	0.1