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Profiles of
OxyContin Users
Deni Carise, PH.D. Treatment Research Institute, University of PennsylvaniaSan Antonio, TX. October, 2007
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OxyContin® work• OxyContin®, the brand name of a time-
release prescription opioid has a similar active ingredient found in several other prescription (Rx) opioids and in heroin.
• However, the media portrays users of OxyContin® as being more “drug naïve”, younger and more educated than individuals using other opioids such as heroin.
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DENS OxyContin Data
After numerous OxyContin issues headlines, DENS added questions about OxyContin to the system and began tracking OxyContin use among people presenting for treatment.
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Media Stereotypes• Rx opioid UserRx opioid User
–Younger–White–More
education–Higher SES–Drug naïve
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Media Stereotypes• Heroin UserHeroin User
–Male–Minority–Lower SES–Drug experienced
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OxyContin Questions
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OxyContin (Oxy’s, OC’s) Cebacontin (CeeBee’s, CB’s) *
Hydrocodone (Vicodan, Lortec, Lortab)Oxycodone (Percodan, Percocet, Tylox)
Hydromorphone (Dilaudid)
How many days in the past 30 have you used…?How many years did you regularly use….? Route of Use: Oral, Nasal, Smoking, IM, IV
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Significant DifferencesPrescription opioid users:
• Were younger & more likely to be employed full-time, female and white
• Had more medical hospitalizations and more family problems
• More likely to be awaiting legal charges
• Had longer histories of alcohol, sedative, and cannabis use
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Significant DifferencesHeroin users:
• Were older & more likely to be unemployed, male, and non-white
• Significantly fewer family problems• Longer history of cocaine &
amphetamine use• Higher employment and drug
composite scores