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2019 Sep 12


J Clin Endocrinol Metab

Opioids and their endocrine effects: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Authors

de Vries F, Bruin M, Lobatto DJ, Dekkers OM, Schoones JW, van Furth WR, Pereira AM, Karavitaki N, Biermasz NR, Zamanipoor Najafabadi AH
J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2019 Sep 12.
PMID: 31511870.

Abstract

The increased use of opioids has resulted in an unprecedented opioid epidemic. Chronic opioid use causes hypogonadism, but its frequency, as well as the effects of opioids on other hypothalamo-pituitary-end organ hormone axes, remains unclear.