OBJECTIVE: @entity2727 ( @entity7541 ) is a prescription stimulant drug with known abuse potential; however, little is known about its patterns of misuse or the characteristics of its abusers. METHODS: A sample of 50 university students reporting @entity7541 misuse and 50 control subjects matched for age, sex, and ethnicity completed structured face-to-face interviews about their @entity7541 and other drug use. For each substance ever used, they provided information regarding routes of administration and other substances ever coadministered, as well as details about the most recent administration. @entity7541 users provided additional information about their reasons for use and, in 36 cases, about how they obtained the drug. RESULTS: Relative to control subjects, those who misused @entity7541 were more likely to have used various other prescription and nonprescription stimulant drugs over their lifetime, and most @entity7541 users reported mixing the drug with other psychoactive substances. Of the @entity7541 sample, 70% reported recreational use of the drug, while 30% reported that @entity7541 was used exclusively for study purposes. Relative to those using it exclusively for study, recreational users were more likely to report using @entity7541 intranasally, as well as coadministering @entity7541 with other substances. Most of those who reported their source of @entity7541 obtained it from an acquaintance with a prescription. CONCLUSIONS: Those who misuse @entity7541 are more likely than their peers to misuse various other substances, and @entity7541 misuse frequently occurs in the context of simultaneous polydrug use. Because the primary supply of inappropriately used @entity7541 appears to be prescribed users, efforts should be directed toward preventing its diversion.

Characteristics of XXXX misuse in a university student sample.

@entity7541 :: ('MESH:C041626', 'Chemical') :: ['MPH'] @entity2727 :: ('MESH:D008774', 'Chemical') :: ['Methylphenidate']
@entity2727 :: (MESH:D008774,Chemical) :: ['methylphenidate']
