Addiction Medicine
Concurrent use of alcohol and prescription drugs were studied in a university population
Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, August 13th, 2006
According to their report from the United States, "In this study, we sought to examine the prevalence, correlates, and consequences associated with simultaneous polydrug use and concurrent polydrug use of alcohol and prescription drugs."
"For purposes of this investigation, simultaneous polydrug use referred to the co-ingestion of different drugs at the same time, and concurrent polydrug use referred to the use of different drugs on separate occasions within the past 12 months. Undergraduate...
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