title: Concurrent versus simultaneous use of alcohol and non-medical use of prescription drugs: is simultaneous use worse for mental, social, and health issues?
abstract: Abstract This study investigated the difference between concurrent and simultaneous use of alcohol and non-medical use of prescription drugs (NMUPD) in relation to mental, social, and health issues. The 544 study participants of the Swiss ongoing Cohort Study on Substance Use Risk Factors (C-SURF) had a combined use of alcohol with NMUPD during the previous 12 months. Alcohol-related problems (i.e., dependence and consequences), as well as mental, social, and health concerns (i.e., depression, general mental/physical health, and social/health consequences), were assessed. The simultaneous use of alcohol and NMUPD proved to be a greater risk factor for mental, social, and health issues than concurrent use. This study adds information regarding simultaneous polydrug use, which results in distinct effects compared to concurrent use, including important social, psychosocial, and health-related consequences.
authors.affiliation: a Post-doctoral researcher, Alcohol Treatment Centre , Lausanne University Hospital CHUV , Lausanne , Switzerland.
authors.forename: Stéphanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Baggio
authors.forename: Stéphane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Deline
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Studer
authors.forename: Alexandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: N'Goran
authors.forename: Meichun
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mohler-Kuo
authors.forename: Jean-Bernard
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Daeppen
authors.forename: Gerhard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gmel
mesh_terms: D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000523:psychology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D063487:Prescription Drug Misuse / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000523:psychology; D055553:Prescription Drugs / Q000009:adverse effects*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D057566:Self Report; D012922:Social Change; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D013557:Switzerland; D013997:Time Factors; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D055553:Prescription Drugs
keywords: alcohol use; concurrent use; non-medical use of prescription drugs; simultaneous use