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Theodore J. Cicero
Researcher at Washington University in St. Louis
Publications - 45
Citations - 6351
Theodore J. Cicero is an academic researcher from Washington University in St. Louis. The author has contributed to research in topics: Substance abuse & Medical prescription. The author has an hindex of 35, co-authored 45 publications receiving 5845 citations. Previous affiliations of Theodore J. Cicero include University of Washington.
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The Changing Face of Heroin Use in the United States: A Retrospective Analysis of the Past 50 Years
TL;DR: The demographic composition of heroin users entering treatment has shifted over the last 50 years such that heroin use has changed from an inner-city, minority-centered problem to one that has a more widespread geographical distribution, involving primarily white men and women in their late 20s living outside of large urban areas.
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Trends in Opioid Analgesic Abuse and Mortality in the United States
Richard C. Dart,Hilary L. Surratt,Theodore J. Cicero,Mark Parrino,S. Geoff Severtson,Becki Bucher-Bartelson,Jody L. Green +6 more
TL;DR: Postmarketing surveillance indicates that the diversion and abuse of prescription opioid medications increased between 2002 and 2010 and plateaued or decreased between 2011 and 2013, suggesting that the United States may be making progress in controlling the abuse of opioid analgesics.
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Trends in Abuse of OxyContin® and Other Opioid Analgesics in the United States: 2002-2004
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors report systematic data to indicate that opioid analgesic abuse has in fact increased among street and recreational drug users, with OxyContin and hydrocodone products the most frequently abused.
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Mechanisms of prescription drug diversion among drug-involved club- and street-based populations.
TL;DR: While doctor shoppers, physicians and the Internet receive much of the attention regarding diversion, the data reported in this paper suggest that there are numerous active street markets involving patients, Medicaid recipients and pharmacies as well.
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Effect of abuse-deterrent formulation of OxyContin.
TL;DR: After the new formulation of the widely abused prescription opioid OxyContin was introduced, patients reported that they used OxyContin less often and other drugs (including heroin) more often.