Substance use and use disorders among Veterans on long-term opioid therapy

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Principal Investigators, Dr. Katherine Hoggatt and NCIRE Board Member Dr. Salomeh Keyhani, conducted a study that highlights the deadly risk of using other drugs while in long-term opioid treatment.

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Set to publish in the September 2025 edition of Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports, the study titled, “Substance use and use disorders among Veterans on long-term opioid therapy”, reports that one in four Veterans receiving long-term opioid therapy exhibit risky alcohol use, test positive for other substances, or have a documented substance use disorder.

 

The study is available for a pre-publish online viewing here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772724625000307