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Table 6 Sources for non-prescribed drugs in different cities

From: Non-prescribed use of methadone and buprenorphine prior to opioid substitution treatment: lifetime prevalence, motives, and drug sources among people with opioid dependence in five Swedish cities

 

Malmö

Göteborg

Lund

Jönköping/Norrköping

All cities

Chi-2 (P value)

Sources: methadone

(182)

(93)

(48)

(35)

(358)

 

 Patient in substitution treatment

74.2

71.0

66.7

65.7

71.5

0.620

 Dealer

47.3

65.6

25.0

51.4

49.4

0.000

 Other healthcare patient

12.1

10.8

6.3

34.3

13.1

0.001

 From doctor/health care

6.0

0.0

4.2

2.9

3.9

0.107

 Online

0.0

2.2

0.0

2.9

0.8

0.133

 Other source

56.4

30.1

52.1

17.1

44.6

0.000

Sources: buprenorphine and buprenorphine/naloxone

(143)

(95)

(39)

(36)

(313)

 

 Patient in substitution treatment

75.5

56.8

76.9

72.2

69.6

0.013

 Dealer

48.3

71.6

66.7

66.7

59.7

0.002

 Other healthcare patient

6.3

0.0

0.0

5.6

3.5

0.036

 From doctor/health care

3.5

3.2

2.6

0.0

2.9

0.728

 Online

0.0

1.1

10.3

11.1

2.9

0.000

 Other source

4.2

14.1

5.1

16.7

8.7

0.015

Street price

     

(ANOVA)

 Methadone 90 mg

227

319

242

344

262

0.000

 Buprenorphine 8 mg

103

155

108

271

137

0.000

 Buprenorphine/naloxone 8 mg

84

127

93

215

112

0.000