Prevalence of psychoactive substance use among acutely hospitalised patients in Oslo and Moscow: a cross-sectional, observational study.
Danil GamboaBenedicte JørgenrudEvgeny A BryunVigdis VindenesEvgenya A KoshkinaAleksei V NadezhdinSaranda KabashiElena J TetenovaThomas BergAnna Armika Tussilago NymanAlexey J KolgashkinAleksei E PetukhovSergey N PerekhodovElena N DavydovaAnners LerdalGudmund NordbyStig Tore BogstrandPublished in: BMJ open (2020)
A significant proportion of admitted patients used one or more psychoactive medicinal drugs, in particular benzodiazepines (Oslo and Moscow) and opiates (Oslo). We suggest formalised screening for inappropriate prescription drug use and increased adherence to clinical prescription guidelines.