Opioid Abuse Down in Younger Americans, But Up Among Older Adults [Consumer.HealthDay.com]

Samantha Sangenito 7/26/1712:00 PM

While opioid abuse has fallen among younger Americans, the same cannot be said for older adults, a new government report shows.

Opioid abuse includes either the use of heroin or illegal use of prescription opioid painkillers, such as oxycodone (Oxycontin, Percocet) and hydrocodone (Vicoprofen).

Rates of opioid abuse among young adults -- aged 18 to 25 -- decreased from 11.5 percent in 2002 to 8 percent in 2014. But in adults 50 years and older, opioid abuse doubled, from 1 percent to 2 percent, according to the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).

[For more of this story go to https://consumer.healthday.com...r-adults-724969.html]

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