ArticleDrug and alcohol dependence2021
Gender differences in the prevalence of heroin and opioid analgesic misuse in the United States, 2015-2019.
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- Magnitude and predictors of elasticity of demand for morphine are similar in male and female rats.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2024Article
- A systematic review of sex/gender differences in the multi-dimensional neurobiological mechanisms in addiction and their relevance to impulsivity.Current addiction reports · 2023Article
- Access to Services for Pregnant People With Opioid Use Disorder in Jails in the United States.Journal of correctional health care : the official journal of the National Commission on Correctional Health Care · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectivesGender differences in the prevalence of opioid misuse continue to evolve and have not been well characterized in recent years. Our objective was to investigate gender differences in the prevalence of opioid misuse and use disorder in the US over the 5-year period from 2015 to 2019.
methodsWe used annual survey data from the 2015-2019 National Survey on Drug Use and Health to estimate gender differences in the prevalence of opioid misuse. We examined past-year opioid analgesic misuse initiation, opioid analgesic misuse, heroin use, opioid analgesic use disorder and heroin use disorder. Logistic regression models were used to test gender differences, adjusting for sociodemographic variables.
resultsIn adjusted analyses, women had higher odds of having initiated opioid analgesic misuse in the past year compared to men. In contrast, men had higher odds of misuse of opioid analgesics, heroin use, and an opioid analgesic or heroin use disorder.
conclusionsAlthough opioid misuse has historically been more prevalent in men, the gender difference in opioid analgesic misuse continues to narrow, with more women initiating misuse than men including higher rates of misuse in adolescent girls. Heroin use continues to be approximately twice as common in men as women.
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