Reply to Ruan et al. (2017): Non-medical use of prescription opioids is associated with heroin initiation among US veterans

Geetanjoli Banerjee¹, E Jennifer Edelman^{2

3}, Declan T Barry^{4

5}, William C Becker⁶, Magdalena Cerdá⁷, Stephen Crystal⁸, Julie R Gaither^{3

9}, Adam J Gordon¹⁰, Kirsha S Gordon¹¹, Robert D Kerns^{6

12}, Silvia S Martins¹³, David A Fiellin^{2

3}, Brandon D L Marshall¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Epidemiology, Brown School of Public Health, Providence, RI, USA.
² Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
³ Yale Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, Yale School of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
⁴ Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
⁵ APT Foundation Pain Treatment Services, New Haven, CT, USA.
⁶ Pain Research, Informatics, Multi-morbidities and Education (PRIME) Center, VA, Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, USA.
⁷ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA.
⁸ Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.
⁹ Yale Center for Medical Informatics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
¹⁰ Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion (CHERP) and Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center (MIRECC), VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System and University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
¹¹ VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, USA.
¹² Departments of Psychiatry, Neurology and Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
¹³ Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.

Comment

Geetanjoli Banerjee et al. Addiction. 2017 Apr.

. 2017 Apr;112(4):728-729.

doi: 10.1111/add.13710. Epub 2017 Jan 25.

¹ Department of Epidemiology, Brown School of Public Health, Providence, RI, USA.
² Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
³ Yale Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, Yale School of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
⁴ Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
⁵ APT Foundation Pain Treatment Services, New Haven, CT, USA.
⁶ Pain Research, Informatics, Multi-morbidities and Education (PRIME) Center, VA, Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, USA.
⁷ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA.
⁸ Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.
⁹ Yale Center for Medical Informatics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
¹⁰ Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion (CHERP) and Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center (MIRECC), VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System and University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
¹¹ VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, USA.
¹² Departments of Psychiatry, Neurology and Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
¹³ Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: Epidemiology; NMUPO; heroin; longitudinal study; non-medical use of prescription opioids; veterans.

Comment on

Non-medical use of prescription opioids is associated with heroin initiation among US veterans: a prospective cohort study.
Banerjee G, Edelman EJ, Barry DT, Becker WC, Cerdá M, Crystal S, Gaither JR, Gordon AJ, Gordon KS, Kerns RD, Martins SS, Fiellin DA, Marshall BD. Banerjee G, et al. Addiction. 2016 Nov;111(11):2021-2031. doi: 10.1111/add.13491. Epub 2016 Aug 23. Addiction. 2016. PMID: 27552496 Free PMC article.
Non-medical use of prescription opioids is associated with heroin initiation among US veterans.
Ruan X, Luo JJ, Kaye AM, Kaye AD. Ruan X, et al. Addiction. 2017 Apr;112(4):727-728. doi: 10.1111/add.13639. Epub 2017 Jan 25. Addiction. 2017. PMID: 28120357 No abstract available.