ArticleDrug and alcohol dependence2016
Delay discounting in opioid use disorder: Differences between heroin and prescription opioid users.
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- Delay discounting and substance use treatment outcomes: A systematic review focused on treatment outcomes and discounting methodology.Journal of substance use and addiction treatment · 2023Pooled it
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- Differential etiologic associations of heroin use and prescription opioid misuse with psychopathology.Journal of psychopathology and clinical science · 2024Article
- Decision-making styles, magical thinking, and intolerance of uncertainty in opioid use disorder.Indian journal of psychiatry · 2024Article
- Impairment of value-based decision-making in morphine-dependent rats is partly related to neural connectivity between the anterior cingulate cortex and basolateral amygdala.EXCLI journal · 2024Article
- Pharmacological Modulation of Temporal Discounting: A Systematic Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Methadone maintenance treatment is more effective than compulsory detoxification in addressing gut microbiota dysbiosis caused by heroin abuse.Frontiers in microbiology · 2023Article
- Impaired delay discounting and time sensitivity in methcathinone use disorder.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2022Article
- Motor response vigour and visual fixation patterns reflect subjective valuation during intertemporal choice.PLoS computational biology · 2022Article
- Using greenspace and nature exposure as an adjunctive treatment for opioid and substance use disorders: Preliminary evidence and potential mechanisms.Behavioural processes · 2021Review
- Comparison of delay discounting of different outcomes in cigarette smokers, smokeless tobacco users, e-cigarette users, and non-tobacco users.Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior · 2020Article
- Differences in decision-making as a function of drug of choice.Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior · 2018Review
- Age and impulsive behavior in drug addiction: A review of past research and future directions.Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior · 2018Review
- The Basic Pharmacology of Opioids Informs the Opioid Discourse about Misuse and Abuse: A Review.Pain and therapy · 2017Review
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Abstract
backgroundAmong those with opioid use disorder, heroin use is associated with poorer prognosis relative to use of prescription opioids alone. However, relatively little is known about distinguishing features between those who use heroin relative to those who use prescription opioids. In the present study we evaluated differences in delay discounting in those with opioid use disorder based on primary opioid of use. Delay discounting is associated with a range of negative outcomes and is an important therapeutic target in this population.
methodsTreatment-seeking adults with opioid dependence completed self-report measures including past-month opioid use and the Monetary Choice Questionnaire (Kirby and Marakovic, 1996; Kirby et al., 1999), a measure of delay discounting. Participants were divided into two groups based on whether they used any heroin in the past 30days or only prescription opioids, and delay discounting scores were compared between the groups. Group differences in sociodemographic or clinical variables were included in the analysis as covariates.
resultsResults from a forward stepwise linear regression indicated that heroin use was associated with significantly higher delay discounting (B=-0.99, SE
conclusionsAdults with opioid dependence who exclusively used prescription opioids had lower delay discounting relative to those who used heroin. This finding contributes further to the literature suggesting that heroin use is associated with greater clinical severity among those with opioid use disorder.
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