Sexual minority disparities in opioid and benzodiazepine misuse among adults with opioid use disorder.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Sexual minority individuals demonstrate disparate rates of substance use. Research suggests that bisexual women are vulnerable to substance use disorders when compared to other sexual minority groups. This study explored differences in prevalence of past-year alcohol use disorder (AUD) with and without concurrent past-year opioid and/or benzodiazepine misuse.

Methods

The present study utilized responses from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) public dataset between the years 2015-2019 (N = 16,002) to examine the association between sexual orientation and concurrent misuse of opioids and/or benzodiazepines among individuals with past-year AUD, stratified by sex.

Results

Bisexual females demonstrated higher rates of concurrent o

SUBMITTER: Struble CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9117396 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature