Heroin Dependence
Opioid Receptors Gene Polymorphism and Heroin Dependence in Iran
... and heroin dependence in men (Mayer et ...Caucasian heroin addicts than in ...study, heroin depen- dency is shown to be correlated with a high frequency of allele 36 G>T SNP in the exon 2 ...
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Young people with heroin dependence: Findings from the Australian Treatment Outcome Study (ATOS)
... of heroin use in a cohort of 210 young Australians aged between 18 and 24, who were participants in the Australian Treatment Outcome Study, a longitudinal study of treatment outcomes for heroin ...years) ...
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Association between serotonin transporter gene polymorphisms and heroin dependence: a meta-analytic study
... df = 5, P = 0.451), which suggested that the effect sizes from individual studies were not statistically different and justified the use of fixed effects model. The pooled OR from these studies was 1.23 (95% CI = ...
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Treatment of Heroin Dependence
... (93) heroin-dependent males who met the DSM-IV criteria for heroin dependence and were seek- ing ...of heroin use per day was ...of heroin dependence (German J Psychiatry ...
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Factors associated with one year retention to methadone maintenance treatment program among patients with heroin dependence in China
... Results: By the end of 1 year of treatment 86 patients still remained in MMT without dropout (87% in Shanghai and 13% patients in Kunming). Over the entire 1-year period the median days of remaining in the program were ...
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HEROIN DEPENDENCE REmains
... tigators believed that this episode of pul- monary edema was postobstructive (negative pressure) pulmonary edema. The patient had concealed but subse- quently admitted a history both of sev- eral prior complicated ...
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Treatment of heroin dependence with 40 mg of buprenorphine: a novel passageway
... Background: Heroin abuse is a raising problem. Objective: To investigate the effect of a single dose of 40 mg of buprenorphine for the management of dependency to heroin. Results: A single dose of 40 mg of ...
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PREDICTORS OF INPATIENT TREATMENT COMPLETION OF SUBJECTS WITH HEROIN DEPENDENCE
... Miller, 1989; Hubbard, 1992). Many patients have ambivalent attitude towards treatment. An unsure attitude along with impulsivity and low-frustration tolerance lead to premature disch[r] ...
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Sleep disturbance and its associations with severity of dependence, depression and quality of life among heroin-dependent patients: a cross-sectional descriptive study
... during heroin abuse and with- drawal [24]. The underlying mechanisms of heroin-related sleep disturbance may involve decreased adenosine level and activation of arousal nuclei ...of heroin abuse [17, ...
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Comparison of demographic characteristics and psychiatric comorbidity among methamphetamine , heroin and methamphetamine heroin co dependent males in Hunan, China
... and dependence disorders has been the re- moval of the distinction between “abuse” and “depend- ...or heroin-dependence and other covariates, nor can we conclude anything about the direction of those ...
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Smoking heroin with cannabis versus injecting heroin: unexpected impact on treatment outcomes
... of heroin use have evolved at varying time periods in different countries [29, ...that heroin-cannabis smokers had higher rates of CHU and a greater number of daily heroin use episodes post- ...
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Conditioned effects of heroin on proinflammatory mediators
... and heroin have been shown to alter the expression of cytokines such as TNF-α and IL-1β both of which are released by cells of the innate immune system and are involved in the facilitation of the adaptive immune ...
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HEROIN ADDICTION AND SEX HORMONES IN MALES
... untreated heroin addicts visiting drug abuse treatment centres of Khyber Teaching Hospital, Lady Reading Hospital and Green December Movement, ...taking heroin either by vapour inhalation (changing the ...
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How To Help A Heroin User In China
... education, are not in a marriage, and are unemployed. Most of them did not use illicit drugs until mid or late 20s, have previous drug treatment experiences, and have a criminal history for reasons other than drug ...
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The opioids and heroin. Dr Deny Susanti
... Tolerance to and physical dependence on heroin, morphine, codeine and the synthetic opioids can develop upon continued administration of these drugs. The addiction depends on many fac[r] ...
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COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND AWARENESS OF THE HEROIN EPIDEMIC
... opiates. Heroin is processed from morphine, a naturally occurring substance extracted from certain varieties of poppy ...street heroin is "cut" with sugar, starch or ...
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Attitudes of Australian Heroin Users to Peer Distribution of Naloxone for Heroin Overdose: Perspectives on Intranasal Administration
... Overdose is de fi ned as any of the following symptoms occurring in conjunction with your drug use: difficulty breathing, turning blue, lost consciousness and unable to be roused, collapsing. Overdose does not mean being ...
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OBSERVATIONS ON HEROIN AND METHADONE WITHDRAWAL IN THE NEWBORN
... Retrospective analysis of 40 infants born to heroin addicted mothers revealed that 85% developed withdrawal symptoms consisting of cen- tral nervous system, gastrointestinal and respirat[r] ...
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Problematic use of prescription-type opioids prior to heroin use among young heroin injectors
... young heroin users, of whom five reported abusing prescription-type opioids (particularly OxyContin™) prior to their first heroin ...that heroin was both more readily available and less expensive ...
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Opioid substitution treatment and heroin dependent adolescents: reductions in heroin use and treatment retention over twelve months
... a heroin using sexual partner was ...of heroin dependent adults in Ireland, it also emerged that being in a relationship with another heroin user was associated with better outcome ...
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