[HTML][HTML] Quality of online pharmacies and websites selling prescription drugs: a systematic review

G Orizio, A Merla, PJ Schulz, U Gelatti - Journal of medical Internet …, 2011 - jmir.org
Background: Online pharmacies are companies that sell pharmaceutical preparations,
including prescription-only drugs, on the Internet. Very little is known about this …

The Global Diversion of Pharmaceutical Drugs Non‐medical use and diversion of psychotropic prescription drugs in North America: a review of sourcing routes and …

B Fischer, M Bibby, M Bouchard - Addiction, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT Aims North America features some of the world's highest consumption levels for
controlled psychoactive prescription drugs (PPDs; eg prescription opioids, benzodiazepines …

[HTML][HTML] Factors influencing the use of a Web-based application for supporting the self-care of patients with type 2 diabetes: a longitudinal study

N Nijland, JEWC van Gemert-Pijnen… - Journal of medical …, 2011 - jmir.org
Background: The take-up of eHealth applications in general is still rather low and user
attrition is often high. Only limited information is available about the use of eHealth …

[HTML][HTML] Solution to detect, classify, and report illicit online marketing and sales of controlled substances via twitter: using machine learning and web forensics to …

T Mackey, J Kalyanam, J Klugman, E Kuzmenko… - Journal of medical …, 2018 - jmir.org
Background On December 6 and 7, 2017, the US Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) hosted its first Code-a-Thon event aimed at leveraging technology and data …

Exploring trends of nonmedical use of prescription drugs and polydrug abuse in the Twittersphere using unsupervised machine learning

J Kalyanam, T Katsuki, GRG Lanckriet, TK Mackey - Addictive behaviors, 2017 - Elsevier
Introduction Nonmedical use of prescription medications/drugs (NMUPD) is a serious public
health threat, particularly in relation to the prescription opioid analgesics abuse epidemic …

Improving global health governance to combat counterfeit medicines: a proposal for a UNODC-WHO-Interpol trilateral mechanism

TK Mackey, BA Liang - BMC medicine, 2013 - Springer
Background Perhaps no greater challenge exists for public health, patient safety, and
shared global health security, than fake/falsified/fraudulent, poor quality unregulated drugs …

Preferences for enhancement pharmaceuticals: The reluctance to enhance fundamental traits

J Riis, JP Simmons, GP Goodwin - Journal of Consumer …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Four studies examined the willingness of young, healthy individuals to take drugs intended
to enhance their own social, emotional, and cognitive traits. We found that people were …

[HTML][HTML] Digital social media, youth, and nonmedical use of prescription drugs: the need for reform

TK Mackey, BA Liang, SA Strathdee - Journal of medical Internet research, 2013 - jmir.org
The tragic death of 18-year-old Ryan Haight highlighted the ethical, public health, and youth
patient safety concerns posed by illicit online nonmedical use of prescription drugs (NUPM) …

Illicit online pharmacies: a scoping review

YB Limbu, BA Huhmann - … Journal of Environmental Research and Public …, 2023 - mdpi.com
This scoping review presents the extent and nature of the body of literature on illicit online
pharmacies (IOPs) and identifies research gaps. Using the five-step framework developed …

Forecasting drug-overdose mortality by age in the United States at the national and county levels

L Böttcher, T Chou, MR D'Orsogna - PNAS nexus, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The drug-overdose crisis in the United States continues to intensify. Fatalities have
increased 5-fold since 1999 reaching a record high of 108,000 deaths in 2021. The …