Abstract The NIH HEALthy Brain and Cognitive Development (HBCD) study aims to
characterize the impact of in utero exposure to substances, and related environmental …

Women are commonly exposed to opioids after birth. This exposure leads to an increased
risk of chronic opioid use. Physician and providers should judiciously reduce the amount of …

Importance Research has shown an association between opioid prescribing after major or
minor procedures and new persistent opioid use. However, the association of opioid …

Background Given the increased attention to the opioid epidemic and the role of
inappropriate prescribing, there has been a marked increase in the number of studies using …

OBJECTIVE: To estimate the effects of an inpatient initiative to decrease opioid use among
women admitted to labor and delivery. METHODS: We created a multimodal pain power …

Background: Opioids are commonly prescribed to women of reproductive age, including
after delivery and miscarriage. However, to our knowledge, opioid use has not been …

This paper is the forty-first consecutive installment of the annual anthological review of
research concerning the endogenous opioid system, summarizing articles published during …

Purpose Postpartum opioid use remains common among women with uncomplicated
vaginal delivery and may increase the risk of serious opioid-related events. Therefore, we …

Objective Opioids are commonly prescribed to women for acute pain following childbirth.
Postpartum prescription opioid exposure is associated with adverse opioid-related …

OBJECTIVE: Guidelines for prescribing opioids following cesarean delivery are vague and
recommend prescribing the lowest dose for the shortest duration of time. 1 Most research on …