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Women who abuse prescription opioids: findings from the Addiction Severity Index-Multimedia Version Connect prescription opioid database.

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Gender-specific factors should be taken into account in efforts to screen and identify those at highest risk of prescription opioid abuse and prevention and intervention efforts with a gender-specific approach are warranted.
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This article is published in Drug and Alcohol Dependence.The article was published on 2009-07-01 and is currently open access. It has received 127 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Medical prescription & Substance abuse.

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Understanding the Rural–Urban Differences in Nonmedical Prescription Opioid Use and Abuse in the United States

TL;DR: This paper developed hypotheses regarding the influence of four factors: (1) greater opioid prescription in rural areas, creating availability from which illegal markets can arise; (2) an out-migration of young adults; (3) greater rural social and kinship network connections, which may facilitate drug diversion and distribution; and (4) economic stressors that may create vulnerability to drug use more generally.
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A review of opioid dependence treatment: pharmacological and psychosocial interventions to treat opioid addiction.

TL;DR: An up-to-date review of the literature on opioid dependence treatment, with a focus on evidence for inclusion of psychosocial approaches in treatment regimens, either as stand-alone or in conjunction with psychopharmacological options.
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Opioid abuse and dependence during pregnancy: temporal trends and obstetrical outcomes.

TL;DR: D Deliveries associated with maternal opioid abuse or dependence compared with those without opioid Abuse or dependence were associated with an increased odds of maternal death during hospitalization, and its prevalence is dramatically increasing in the United States.
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Gender and Prescription Opioids: Findings from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health

TL;DR: The findings highlight important differences between men and women using prescription opiates and may help enhance the design of gender-sensitive surveillance, identification, prevention and treatment interventions.
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Comparative Profiles of Men and Women with Opioid Dependence: Results from a National Multisite Effectiveness Trial

TL;DR: Important gender differences in the clinical profiles of opioid-dependent individuals were observed with regard to substance use severity, craving, medical conditions, and impairment in associated areas of functioning.
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The fifth edition of the addiction severity index

TL;DR: The clinical and research uses of the ASI over the past 12 years are discussed, emphasizing some special circumstances that affect its administration.
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An improved diagnostic evaluation instrument for substance abuse patients. The Addiction Severity Index.

TL;DR: The use of the ASI is suggested to match patients with treatments and to promote greater comparability of research findings, suggesting the treatment problems of patients are not necessarily related to the severity of their chemical abuse.
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Patterns of Abuse Among Unintentional Pharmaceutical Overdose Fatalities

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluated the risk characteristics of persons dying of unintentional pharmaceutical overdose in West Virginia, the types of drugs involved, and the role of drug abuse in the deaths.
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Patterns of Abuse Among Unintentional Pharmaceutical Overdose Fatalities. Commentary

TL;DR: The majority of overdose deaths in West Virginia in 2006 were associated with nonmedical use and diversion of pharmaceuticals, primarily opioid analgesics.
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Increasing deaths from opioid analgesics in the United States

TL;DR: A dramatic increase in poisoning mortality rates is documented and the use of opioid analgesics has increased markedly as part of more aggressive pain management nationwide and this study compared it to sales of opioids nationwide.
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