Only a few recently published studies analyzed sex differences related to prescription opioid
use. Findings from the literature and our data suggest women are more likely to use …

Design: Systematic review and meta-analysis of cohorts of people with OUD involving illicit
opioids with data on all-cause or overdose-specific mortality. Setting and Participants: Of …

Introduction Adverse childhood experiences are associated with the development of
substance use disorders. With opioid use disorder, a growing concern in the United States …

Abstract Background and Aims Due to their small sample sizes, geographic specificity and
limited examination of socio‐demographic characteristics, recent studies of …

Background Substance use disorder (SUD) is a chronic medical condition in need of long-
term treatment. The objective of the study is to describe the current unmet SUD treatment …

Aims To examine gender and racial/ethnic differences in the effect of substance use disorder
(SUD) type on SUD persistence. Methods Data were provided by 1025 women and 1835 …

Opioid-related fatalities increased exponentially during the COVID-19 pandemic and show
little sign of abating. Despite decades of scientific evidence that sustained engagement with …

It is generally understood that pain experience and opioid abuse have relied on male-
dominated models. However, sex and gender play a role in both pain experience and opioid …

Background and aims Previous research has found diacetylmorphine, delivered under
supervision, to be cost‐effective in the treatment of severe opioid use disorder, but …

Objective To identify the relationships between county-level area deprivation and patterns of
both opioid prescriptions and drug-poisoning mortality. Design, setting and participants For …