Intoxication in Children From Opioids Prescribed to Family Members
This study suggests that children of family members prescribed opioids had increased odds of opioid intoxication-related death and other SOEs compared with children of unexposed families or those exposed to nonopioid analgesics. Public health strategies to mitigate the opioid crisis should consider unique pediatric aspects that can reduce the likelihood of pediatric SOEs.
Authors
- Henrik Toft Sørensen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4299-7040)
- Yaron Finkelstein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0947-3571)
- Szimonetta Komjáthiné Szépligeti
- Stephen B. Freedman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2319-6192)
- Eric A. Cohen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6243-0186)
- Erzsébet Horváth-Puhó
- Lars Pedersen
Institutions
- University of Calgary (CA)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Hospital for Sick Children (CA)
- Aarhus University Hospital (DK)
- SickKids Foundation (CA)
- Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Network Open
- Published
- 2026-03-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.3515
- Primary Topic
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00