Background The opioid epidemic in the US is affecting pregnant women and their offspring,
with rising numbers of maternal and neonatal treatment episodes. The aim of this study was …

Background: Opioid use has disproportionally impacted pregnant people and their fetuses.
Previous studies describing opioid use among pregnant people are limited by geographic …

Background: Opioid dependence during pregnancy is associated with increased risk of low
birthweight, neonatal mortality, and maternal complications. Methadone or buprenorphine …

Background The morbidity and mortality burden of the US opioid epidemic falls heavily on
reproductive-age women. Information on the patterns of and sources for non-medical use of …

Objectives Nonmedical use of opioids during pregnancy is associated with adverse
outcomes for women and infants, making it a prominent target for prevention and …

OBJECTIVE: To assess trends in polysubstance use among pregnant women with opioid
use disorder in the United States. METHODS: We conducted a time trend analysis of pooled …

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate temporal trends in medication-assisted treatment use among
pregnant women with opioid use disorder. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective cohort …

Opioid use disorder (OUD) among pregnant women increased substantially between 1992
and 2012 across the United States, with the greatest increases occurring in the southern …

Background Opioid use during pregnancy has been associated with adverse maternal and
infant health outcomes. Prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMP) provide a population …

Historically, research on opioid use during pregnancy has occurred in urban settings and it
is unclear how urban and rural populations compare. We examined socio-demographic and …