Sex differences in substance use disorders: focus on side effects

R Agabio, I Campesi, C Pisanu, GL Gessa… - Addiction …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Although sex differences in several aspects of substance use disorders (SUDs) have been
identified, less is known about the importance of possible sex differences in side effects …

Drug poisoning deaths among women: a scoping review

E Lynn, A Doyle, M Keane, K Bennett… - Journal of studies on …, 2020 - jsad.com
Objective: Drug poisoning deaths among women remain a challenge for public health policy
and have increased at a higher rate relative to men. Although biological, social, and …

Gender differences in mortality among treated opioid dependent patients

E Evans, A Kelleghan, L Li, J Min, D Huang… - Drug and alcohol …, 2015 - Elsevier
Aims To assess gender differences in characteristics, mortality rates, and the causes and
predictors of death among treated opioid-dependent individuals. Methods Linked vital …

A repeated cross-sectional study of factors associated with pregabalin-positive poisoning deaths in Ireland

E Lynn, G Cousins, S Lyons, KE Bennett - Drug and alcohol dependence, 2020 - Elsevier
Background The increasing use of pregabalin and the presence of pregabalin in poisoning
deaths, particularly with opioids, highlight it as a potential drug of abuse. In this study we …

[HTML][HTML] Polysubstance use patterns among high dose benzodiazepine users: A latent class analysis and differences between male and female use

L Zamboni, I Portoghese, A Congiu, T Zandonai… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Benzodiazepines (BZDs) represent one of the most widely used groups of pharmaceuticals,
but if used for long periods of time they are associated with dependence and an increased …

Drug-related deaths between 2002 and 2013 with accent to methadone and benzodiazepines

T Petrushevska, Z Jakovski, V Poposka… - Journal of forensic and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Aim The aim of the study is to assess the trends of overdose and drug related fatalities in the
Republic of Macedonia during the 11 years. Material and methods Cross-sectional …

Social and economic inequalities in fatal opioid and cocaine related overdoses in Luxembourg: A case–control study

A Origer, E Le Bihan, M Baumann - International journal of drug policy, 2014 - Elsevier
Background To investigate social and economic inequalities in fatal overdose cases related
to opioid and cocaine use, recorded in Luxembourg between 1994 and 2011. Methods …

Drug-related causes of death: Socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of the deceased

EJ Amundsen - Scandinavian journal of public health, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Aim: The aim of this study was to describe subgroups of those who died from a drug-related
cause of death employing demographic and socioeconomic data. Methods: A total of 1,628 …

[HTML][HTML] A social gradient in fatal opioids and cocaine related overdoses?

A Origer, E Le Bihan, M Baumann - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Background To determine the existence of a social gradient in fatal overdose cases related
to non-prescribed opioids and cocaine use, recorded in Luxembourg between 1994 and …

Urban overdose hotspots: a 12-month prospective study in Dublin ambulance services

J Klimas, M O'Reilly, M Egan, H Tobin, G Bury - The American journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Background Opioid overdose (OD) is the primary cause of death among drug users globally.
Personal and social determinants of overdose have been studied before, but the …