Table 1.3.

Summary prescription (Rx) drug misuse articles with Latino participants (n = 8)

Study	*Sample characteristics	**Rx drugs	Primary measures	Key findings
[18] Buttram et al. (2016)	Cross-sectional; n = 446 young adult opioid misusers; 64% Hispanic, 21.7% African American	SE, ST, Other	Global Appraisal of Individual Needs (GAIN)	Sedatives were the most commonly abused Rx (93.5%) followed by stimulants (49.8%).
[19] Coffman et al. (2008)	Exploratory; n = 19 Latino non-English speaking immigrants	Unspecified	16-question moderator's guide	Participants self-medicated due to cost, access, and lack of quality care.
[20] Cohen et al. (2009)	Cross-sectional; n = 200 Brazilian women immigrants	Illegal diet pills	23-item health habits survey	Compound diet pills that have been banned by the FDA are commonly used in this Brazilian immigrant community.
[21] Ford et al. (2008)	Secondary analysis; n = 37,154 youth and young adults; 17.5% Latino, 14.4% African American, 4.4% Asian, and 2.3% Other racial/ethnic minority	O, T, ST, SE	National Survey on Drug Use and Health (2005)	Patterns for Rx drug use for other racial/ethnic groups in this dataset remained consistent. Separate analyses for the Latinos revealed that younger vs older, healthy vs. unhealthy, and those who took the survey in Spanish were less likely to abuse Rx drugs.
[22] Kurtz et al. (2005)	Cross-sectional; n = 143 youth and adult ecstasy; 50.3% Latino, 3.5% African American, and 11.9% Other racial/ethnic minority	ST, SE, O and Club drugs	Washington University Risk Behavior Assessment	82% of ecstasy users reported Rx drug misuse. Rx drug abusers had significantly lower age of first ecstasy use and used twice as many categories of drug use than non-Rx abusers.
[23] Kurtz et al. (2017)	Cross-sectional; n = 356 young adult benzo misusers; 71.1% Hispanic, 15.8% African American	B	Global Appraisal of Individual Needs (GAIN)	Alprazolam was the most frequently abused benzo and 12.6% of the sample met diagnostic criteria for benzo dependence.
[24] Larson et al. (2006)	Exploratory, qualitative; n = 25 Latino adults	Antibiotics	Antibiotic knowledge & attitudes questionnaires	Self-prescription of antibiotics was ascribed to lack of insurance, finances, immigration status.
[25] Muñoz-Laboy et al. (2014)	Mixed methods; n = 259 formerly incarcerated Latino men	AN, ST, SE	Data-driven measures	Nearly a third (26.9%) met criteria for depression. Depressive symptoms were correlated with higher lifetime and current use of ketamine and Rx stimulants.

Note:

^*The sample characteristics and findings highlight data for racial/ethnic minorities in the sample and may not include primary findings of the study.

^**Rx abbreviations are as follows; A_N=analgesics, A_X= anxiolytics, A_M=amphetamines, B=benzodiazepines, O=opioids, S_E=sedatives, S_L=sleep, S_T=stimulants, T=tranquilizers