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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Addict Behav. 2013 Feb 4;38(6):2230–2235. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2013.01.019

Table 3.

Prescription Opioid Misuse Behaviors

No.(%)
Dental
Clinic
(n=30)
Pain
Clinic
(n=32)
Total
Sample
(N=62)
Lend medication to others
   Pre 7(23.3) 5(15.6) 12(19.4)
   Post 1 week 1 (3.3)^ 0(0.0)^ 1(1.7)+
   Post 1 month 0(0.0)^ 0(0.0)^ 0(0.0)+
Borrow medication from others
   Pre 10(33.3) 2(6.3) 12(19.4)
   Post 1 week 0(0.0)+ 0(0.0) 0(0.0)+
   Post 1 month 0(0.0)+ 0(0.0) 0(0.0)+
Take more pills than prescribed
   Pre 1(3.3) 11(34.4) 12(19.4)
   Post 1 week 0(0.0) 3(10.0)^ 3(5.0)^
   Post 1 month 0(0.0) 3(10.7)^ 3(5.3)^
Use medication for reasons other than prescribed
   Pre 3(10.0) 1(3.1) 4(6.5)
   Post 1 week 0(0.0) 0(0.0) 0(0.0)
   Post 1 month 1(3.4) 0(0.0) 1(1.8)
Save unused pills
   Pre 22(73.3) 20(62.5) 42(67.7)
   Post 1 week ----------- ----------- -----------
   Post 1 month 0(0.0)^ 4(30.8)^ 4(18.2)+

Note. N at 1 week = 60 and N at 1 month = 57 due to attrition.

*

Change from pre-test to indicated time point significant at p<.001.

+

Change from pre-test to indicated time point significant at p<.01

^

Change from pre-test to indicated time point significant at p<.05