Mindfulness-based relapse prevention for drug addiction in Nepal: impact and implications of an initial 2-day training of trainers. [PDF]
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Moving Beyond Self-Report in Characterizing Drug Addiction: Using Drug-Biased Behavior to Predict Treatment Completion and Dropout in Heroin-Primary, Medication-Maintained Opioid Use Disorder [PDF]
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Injected Drug Addiction-Associated Swollen Hands: A Case Report of Methylamphetamine-Related Unilateral Drug Addiction-Related Puffy Hand Syndrome. [PDF]
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Impact of COVID-19 on drug markets, use, harms and drug services in Europe
Journal of Geography, Politics and Society, 2022 Since early 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has had a dramatic impact on the way we live, with European countries having to introduce unprecedented measures to protect public health. As with all areas of life, drug consumption, related harms and drug markets
Alessandro Pirona +12 more
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Benzodiazepine Use in Opioid Maintenance Treatment Programme: Risks and Clinical Outcomes
Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2021 Introduction: The co-association of benzodiazepines and opioids is associated with an increased risk of overdose, death, and poorer psychosocial prognosis.
Catarina Oliveira +7 more
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Effects and associated transcriptomic landscape changes of methamphetamine on immune cells
BMC Medical Genomics, 2022 Background Methamphetamine (METH) abuse causes serious health problems, including injury to the immune system, leading to increased incidence of infections and even making withdrawal more difficult.
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Current Concepts on Drug Abuse and Dependence [PDF]
, 2015 Drug addiction is a complex disease characterized by compulsive and uncontrollable desire to seek and consume the drug. In time, drug-related terminology has undergone many changes, arising from the deepening of the mechanisms of action, but also about ...
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Scientific Reports, 2021 Psychiatric disorders such as anxiety and depression precipitated by substance use occurred during both use and withdrawal. Exosomes play significant roles in biological functions and regulate numerous physiological and pathological processes in various ...
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Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2021 Synergistic impairment of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) induced by methamphetamine (METH) and HIV-Tat protein increases the risk of HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND) in HIV-positive METH abusers.
Jian Huang +19 more
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Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 2022 Methamphetamine (METH) addiction and withdrawal cause serious harm to both the immune system and nervous system. However, the pathogenesis remains largely unknown.
Hongjin Wu +13 more
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