This paper is the thirty-seventh consecutive installment of the annual review of research
concerning the endogenous opioid system. It summarizes papers published during 2014 …

Background: Opioid use, abuse, and adverse consequences, including death, have
escalated at an alarming rate since the 1990s. In an attempt to control opioid abuse …

Objective: Doctor-shopping has significant consequences for patients and payers and can
indicate misuse of drugs, polypharmacy, less continuity of care, and increased medical …

Aims The aim of this study was to assess the use and factors associated with the misuse of
gabapentin and pregabalin in the general French population, through a cohort study in the …

Background Opioid prescribing is increasing worldwide with associated increases in misuse
and other harms. We studied variations in national opioid prescription rates, indicators of …

The French addictovigilance network (addictovigilance: surveillance of addiction),
composed of 13 Addictovigilance Centres, was set up in 1990 in order to achieve reliable …

Opioid analgesics and maintenance treatments, benzodiazepines and z-drugs, and other
sedatives and stimulants are increasingly being abused to induce psychoactive effects or …

Background The abuse of prescription opioids and its subsequent consequences is an
important public concern particularly in the USA. The literature on opioid analgesic abuse is …

Diversion of prescription drugs is difficult to assess in quality and quantity. This study aimed
to characterize diversion of prescription drugs in France through a comparative analysis of …

It is important to assess drug abuse liability in 'real life'using different surveillance systems.
Some are based on specific population surveys, such as individuals with drug abuse or …