Changes in health outcomes as a function of abstinence and reduction in illicit psychoactive drug use: a prospective study in primary care.

Tae Woo ParkDebbie M ChengChristine A Lloyd-TravagliniJudith BernsteinTibor P PalfaiRichard Saitz

Published in: Addiction (Abingdon, England) (2016)

Among primary care patients in the United States who use illicit psychoactive drugs, abstinence but not reduction in use without abstinence appears to be associated with decreased adverse drug use consequences.

Keyphrases

primary care
smoking cessation
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
general practice
patient reported outcomes