August 20, 2015Open Access

Sex Differences in Dose Escalation and Overdose Death during Chronic Opioid Therapy: A Population-Based Cohort Study

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The use of opioids for noncancer pain is widespread, and more than 16,000 die of opioidrelated causes in the United States annually. The patients at greatest risk of death are those receiving high doses of opioids. Whether sex influences the risk of dose escalation or opioid-related mortality is unknown.

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Kaplovitch et al. (Thu,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69dba6bb3d9adb00e7684bb3 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0134550

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