Focus on fentanyl in females: Sex and gender differences in the physiological and behavioral effects of fentanyl

KM Little, TA Kosten - Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology, 2023 - Elsevier
The prevalence of opioid use disorder and overdose continues to harm the US population
and is further exacerbated by the use of the synthetic opioid, fentanyl, and its analogs …

Prevalence and correlates of prescription opioid use among US adults, 2019–2020

A Zajacova, H Grol-Prokopczyk, M Limani, C Schwarz… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
This study estimates the prevalence of prescription opioid use (POU) in the United States
(US) in 2019–2020, both in the general population and specifically among adults with pain …

Burden of increasing opioid use in the treatment of migraine: Results from the Migraine in America Symptoms and Treatment Study

RB Lipton, DC Buse, DW Dodick… - … : The Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objective We sought to assess factors associated with the frequency of self‐reported
prescription opioid use in persons with migraine, including demographic variables …

[PDF][PDF] Worse patient-reported outcomes and higher risk of reoperation and adverse events after total hip replacement in patients with opioid use in the year before …

J Simonsson, E Bülow, KS Malchau, F Nyberg… - Acta …, 2022 - actaorthop.org
Background and purpose—Recent studies indicate that preoperative use of opioids could
be associated with higher rates of complications and worse patient-reported outcomes …

Impact of the opioid epidemic and associated prescribing restrictions on people who live with chronic noncancer pain in Canada

JL Kabore, MG Pagé, MO Martel… - The Clinical Journal …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: Little is known about the consequences of the opioid epidemic on people living
with chronic noncancer pain (CNCP). This study examined this issue in people who lived in …

Sustained morphine exposure alters spinal NMDA receptor and astrocyte expression and exacerbates chronic pain behavior in female rats

SV Gonçalves, SG Woodhams, L Li, GJ Hathway… - Pain …, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: In this study, we tested the hypothesis that sustained opioid treatment
exacerbates chronic pain responses and alters spinal cord dorsal horn astrogliosis and the …

Time-dependent enhancement in ventral tegmental area dopamine neuron activity drives pain-facilitated fentanyl intake in males

JA Higginbotham, JG Abt, RH Tiech, JA Morón - bioRxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
Pain affects over 50% of US adults. Opioids are potent analgesics used to treat pain
symptoms but are highly prone to abuse–creating a major dilemma for public health …

Short‐acting opioid prescriptions and Workers' Compensation using the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey

HM Thompson, U Govindarajulu… - American Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background Short‐acting opioids have been utilized for pain management with little known
about their use in patients on Workers' Compensation (WC) insurance. Our goal was to …

Patient, provider, and clinic characteristics associated with opioid and non-opioid pain prescriptions for patients receiving low back imaging in primary care

LS Gold, ZA Marcum, EN Meier… - The Journal of the …, 2021 - Am Board Family Med
Background: To describe characteristics of patients, providers, and clinics associated with
opioid or non-opioid pain medication prescribing patterns for patients who received lower …

Substance Use Disorder in

N Raghuraman, MR Prasad - Obstetrics: Normal and Problem …, 2024 - books.google.com
The impact and management of substance use disorder (SUD) in pregnancy is reviewed in
this chapter. SUD is considered by many obstetricians to be a problem best managed by …