JAMA Network Open | 2021
Assessment of Prescription Opioid Medical Use and Misuse Among Parents and Their Adolescent Offspring in the US
Abstract
Key Points Question What are the patterns of association between parental and adolescent medical prescription opioid use and misuse in the US? Findings In this nationally representative cross-sectional study of 15\u2009200 parent-adolescent dyads from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, controlling for other factors, parental medical prescription opioid use within the past year was associated with adolescent medical prescription opioid use and misuse, whereas parental misuse was not. Meaning These findings suggest that reducing opioid prescribing by physicians and educating families about medication use practices that restrict the availability of prescription opioids to adolescents in the home could be important targets for reducing adolescent prescription opioid misuse.