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THE RADARS SYSTEM INCLUDES

  • Multiple Programs
  • Multiple distinct features and services
  • Prescription drug abuse, misuse and diversion rate calculation using two denominators:
    • Rates per 100,000 persons provide a community-based perspective of prescription drug abuse, misuse and diversion
    • Rates per 1,000 Unique Recipients of Dispensed Drug (URDD) accounts for availability of the prescribed product in a given community. This perspective addresses the needs of health care professionals and regulatory agencies such as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
  • Three-digit ZIP code level identification of location of prescription drug abuse, misuse and diversion
  • Monitoring of 11 drug substances which include more than 100 products or subcategories, each of which may be reported on and additional drug substances can easily be added
  • Standardized procedures and quality assurance practices ensuring the accuracy and integrity of data collection and reporting
  • Experienced, expert analysis and consultation
  • Research for the benefit of the scientific community and the general public

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Cicero TJ, Ellis MS, Paradis A, Ortbal Z. Role of key informants and direct patient interviews in epidemiology studies of substance abuse. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Safety. 2011 Mar;20(3):308-12.
Dart RC, Dasgupta N, Bailey JE, Spiller HA. Interpreting poison center call volume associated with tramadol. Ann Pharmacother. 2011 Mar;45(3):424.
Davis J, Buchholtz C, Wheat A, Bartelson BB, Dart RC.  Predictors of moderate, substantial or severe problems associated with drug abuse in college students reporting recent opioid use.  College on Problems of Drug Dependence Annual Meeting. Hollywood, FL.  June, 2011.
Davis J, Miller H, Winter E, Dart RC.  Suicide behaviors with prescription drugs in individuals over 50 years of age identified by Radars System Poison Center Program.  American Public Health Association Annual Meeting.  Washington, DC.  October, 2011.
Katz N, Dart RC, Bailey E, Trudeau J, Osgood E, Paillard F. Tampering with prescription opioids: nature and extent of the problem, health consequences, and solutions. Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 2011 Jul; 37(4):205-17.
Wheat A, Buchholtz C, Davis J, Dart RC.  Predictors of severe prescription drug abuse among college students using the RADARS System College Survey.  College on Problems of Drug Dependence Annual Meeting.  Hollywood, FL.  June, 2011.
Wheat A, Davis J, Bartelson BB, Buchholtz C, Dart RC.  Is drug source a predictor of severity of non-medical prescription drug use among college students?  Do source predictors vary by Gender?  American Public Health Association Annual Meeting.  Washington, DC.  October, 2011.
Wheat A, Davis J, Bartelson BB, Dart RC.  The interaction between gender and severity of prescription drug abuse among college students on ability to correctly identify photos of recently abused drugs.  International Conference of Pharmacoepidemiology.  Chicago, IL.  August, 2011.
Winter EJ, Buchholtz C, Davis JM, Severtson SG, Dart RC. Poison center calls for intentional exposures to opioids are highly correlated with retail availability in the RADARS System Poison Center Program. North American Congress of Clinical Toxicology Conference. Washington, DC. September 2011.

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RADARS System Annual Meeting
Save the Date - April 24, 2012
Bethesda, MD




The Third Quarter 2011 Newsletter
 

This issue features a profile of National Association of Drug Diversion Investigators President, Commander John Burke. Comparing drug distribution in Ohio to the US and Poison Center Calls for Intentional Exposures to Opioids are Highly Correlated with Retail Availability in the RADARS System Poison Center Program.


The Second Quarter 2011 Newsletter
 

The second quarter 2011 issue of RADARS System News in now available. This issue features Dr. Jody Green, Research Administrator of Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Center and RADARS System. The RADARS System Prescription Drug Street Price Initiative and an overview of RADAR System fifth annual scientific meeting.


The First Quarter 2011 Newsletter 


The first quarter 2011 issue of RADARS System News is now available. This issue features interview with Dr. Nathaniel Katz and Prospective on Opioid Abuse and Abuse Deterrent Formulations.
Posted on: 10 April 2011


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