Table 1 Subtypes of the nonmedical use of controlled drug classes

MOTIVATED BY:

• Desire to get high; create an altered state or experimentation.

Type 1:

A problem behavior that is motivated by the desire to experiment, to get high, or to create an altered state with someone else's medication.

Type 3:

A problem behavior that is motivated by the desire to experiment, to get high, or to create an altered state with one's own medication.

RELATED BEHAVIORS:

• Use in "recreational" settings

• Use for reasons other than self-treatment

• Use of scheduled medication with alcohol or other drugs simultaneously (co-ingestion)

• May use alternate route of administration (IV, snorting)

MOTIVATED BY:

• Desire to alleviate symptoms of an actual or perceived health condition; uses medication for its pharmacological purpose (e.g., uses sleeping medication for insomnia) but does NOT involve mixing with alcohol or other drugs or non-therapeutic routes of administration.

Type 2:

A problem behavior motivated by the desire to self-treat with someone else's medication.

Type 4:

A problem behavior motivated by the desire to self-treat with one's own medication but without the approval of the prescribing professional.

RELATED BEHAVIORS:

• May include an increase in the recommended frequency, dose, or duration