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PubMed1983

Factor structure of common drug usage.

The correlated usage of commonly employed, legal drugs was examined in a sample of 377 American and 908 Swedish adults. Measures of alcohol, tranquilizer, sleeping pill, and coffee or tea consumption were submitted to a principal components factor analysis with Varimax rotation. The resultant three factors were characterized by (1) heavy drinking in general and beer consumption specifically (ALCFAC), (2) the use of tranquilizers and sleeping medications (TSFAC) and (3) the consumption of coffee and tea (CTFAC). Factor structure profiles for ALCFAC and TSFAC were more stable than CTFAC across nationalities, sexes, and cohorts. Profiles for Swedish smokers and never-smokers were very similar; for Americans, however, profiles for never-smokers were more similar to Swedish profiles than to those of American smokers. Factor scores were computed to examine the relationship between tobacco use and levels of the factors by means of analysis of variance. In Swedes, ALCFAC and CTFAC levels varied with smoking status, whereas ALCFAC and TSFAC levels with smoking status in Americans.

Alcohol Drinking↗
PubMed1989

Audit of drug usage in a regional neonatal intensive care unit.

Drug utilization has been audited prospectively for all infants cared for in a regional neonatal intensive care unit for a 3-month period. Twenty-five infants had a birthweight less than 1500 g and 54 had a birthweight greater than 1500 g. The total number of different drugs used was 76 and the mean number received was 8.6 with a range of 0-30. Infants with birthweights less than 1500 g received a mean of 14.5 drugs and infants with birthweights greater than 1500 g received a mean of 4.8 drugs. Almost two-thirds (63%) of doses were given orally, 20% intravenously and 10% via an umbilical artery catheter. Three drugs, one of which was received by 13% of infants, carried manufacturers' inserts advising against use in premature infants or the newborn.

Drug Utilization↗
PubMed1980

An important factor in drug usage......and the adoption of a positive role.

How can drug use be controlled and what is the most effective way of organising pharmaceutical services? In these two articles P.I. Harrison, BSc, MPhil, MPS, APO, Ealing Hammersmith and Hounslow AHA and J.G. Roberts, FPS, OBE, RPO, Mersey RHA, discuss the answers to these questions.

Drug Information Services↗
PubMed2006

Comparison of tobacco, alcohol and illegal drug usage among school students in three Pacific Island societies.

BACKGROUND: Many Pacific Island countries are in social and epidemiological transition, but there are little population data about drug and alcohol usage among adolescents in this region. METHODS: Random samples of school students aged 11-17 years completed surveys in three populations: Pohnpei State in the Federated States of Micronesia (n=1495), Tonga (n=2808) and Vanuatu (n=4474). RESULTS: Among 15-year-olds, boys in Tonga reported the highest prevalence of weekly smoking (29%), followed by boys in Pohnpei (17%). Kava use at a potentially harmful level (i.e. daily) was low in all countries. Drunkenness on two or more occasions was much more common among 15-year-old boys in Pohnpei (51%) than same-age youth in the other countries. Marijuana use was most often reported by boys (20%) and girls (20%) in Pohnpei, while solvents had been used most often by boys in Pohnpei (15%), and methylated spirits by boys in Tonga (20%). In all countries bullying of other students was independently related to regular smoking, while bullying behaviour and strong relationships with peers and others outside of the family were related to past drunkenness and use of illegal drugs in Tonga and Vanuatu. CONCLUSIONS: Overall, levels of adolescent substance use were consistently higher in Tonga and Pohnpei than in Vanuatu. These unique data provide a basis for setting priorities and evaluating action to address the health risks posed by substance use in these Pacific Island societies.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1985

Anti-rheumatic and analgesic drug usage and acute gastro-intestinal bleeding in elderly patients.

The records of 1878 general medical in-patients (aged 75 years and over) at Hereford have been examined for associations between the commonly used antirheumatic and analgesic drugs and acute gastro-intestinal bleeding. One third of 93 in-patients admitted because of acute bleeding had been taking ibuprofen, indomethacin or aspirin. The usage of these drugs was significantly greater than in the control population who comprised the remaining 1785 elderly medical in-patients. It is suggested that very elderly patients taking any of these three drugs form a vulnerable high risk group who are liable to develop acute gastro-intestinal bleeding.

Acute Disease↗
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Psychotropic drug usage in Quebec urban women: pharmacological aspects.

Data on patterns of psychotropic drug use from a two-part study of Québec urban women are reported. Part I involved telephone interviews with 1187 women on their use of pain, sleep, and psychotropic medications. In Part II, 179 women participated in a further person-to-person interview. Areas covered included frequency and duration of use, efficacy of the product, dosage, presence of undesirable side effects, source of drug information, and the concomitant use of other medications. Diazepam and flurazepam (Valium and Dalmane) were the most frequently consumed psychotropes, with diazepam second only to aspirin as the most commonly used of all the medications. The majority of psychotropic users obtained the drug initially through a general practitioner for nonspecific health reasons, were satisfied with the efficacy of the drug, took the medication as directed, felt informed of the effects, and found no undesirable side effects. Multiple psychotrope use was not prevalent, and users of mood-modifiers were generally alcohol abstainers. The differences between the high and moderate users, including satisfaction with the psychotropes as well as initial dosages, are discussed along with comparative data from other similar drug studies. Findings lend credence to the hypothesis that the vague and ill-defined health problems precipitating a psychotropic prescription may in fact be economic, social, or psychological in origin.

Adolescent↗