TY - JOUR
T1 - Variability in opium dosage
T2 - Observations from Laos, 1965-1975
AU - Westermeyer, Joseph J
AU - Neider, John
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported in part by the International Programs Office at the National Institute on Drug Abuse (grant
PY - 1982/8
Y1 - 1982/8
N2 - Opiate addicts are generally believed to consume a fairly constant level of drug. These data indicate that, for most addicts over time, there is considerable variability in dosage. This variability occurs not only amongst addicts, but also in most individual addicts over time. Extreme constancy in dosage does prevail for some addicts over prolonged periods, but this is not the norm. Factors influencing dosage include age, gender, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, duration of addiction, drug cost and drug availability. Distributions in dosage patterns are presented in this report.
AB - Opiate addicts are generally believed to consume a fairly constant level of drug. These data indicate that, for most addicts over time, there is considerable variability in dosage. This variability occurs not only amongst addicts, but also in most individual addicts over time. Extreme constancy in dosage does prevail for some addicts over prolonged periods, but this is not the norm. Factors influencing dosage include age, gender, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, duration of addiction, drug cost and drug availability. Distributions in dosage patterns are presented in this report.
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U2 - 10.1016/0376-8716(82)90073-4
DO - 10.1016/0376-8716(82)90073-4
M3 - Article
C2 - 7128454
AN - SCOPUS:0019925979
SN - 0376-8716
VL - 9
SP - 351
EP - 358
JO - Drug and alcohol dependence
JF - Drug and alcohol dependence
IS - 4
ER -
