Family Related Factors and Concurrent Heroin Use in Methadone Maintenance Treatment in China. [PDF]
, 2018 BackgroundThe use of heroin during Methadone Maintenance Treatment (MMT) is a challenging problem that contributes to poor treatment outcomes. Families may play an important role in addressing concurrent heroin use during MMT, especially in collectivist ...
Feng, Nan +4 more
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Reduction in cerebral perfusion after heroin administration: a resting state arterial spin labeling study. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Heroin dependence is a chronic relapsing brain disorder, characterized by the compulsion to seek and use heroin. Heroin itself has a strong potential to produce subjective experiences characterized by intense euphoria, relaxation and release from craving.
Niklaus Denier +8 more
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Chasing the dragon – an overview of heroin trafficking [PDF]
, 2016 There are many problems encountered during the attempt to tackle the heroin trade on a global level. Afghanistan is largely responsible for the production of heroin, providing a global distribution amount of 75%.
Carvetta, CA, O'Hagan, A
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Ranking the harm of non-medically used prescription opioids in the UK [PDF]
, 2015 A panel of nine experts applied multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) to determine the relative overall harm to users and harms to others of street heroin (injected and smoked) and eleven non-medically used prescription opioids.
Bell, James +11 more
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Heroin-piracetam mixture: suggested mechanisms of action and risks of misinterpretation for drug users [PDF]
, 2017 Piracetam is a positive allosteric modulator of the α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid receptor that has been frequently used in the treatment of cognitive disorders.
Cappelletti, Simone +4 more
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Former heroin-dependent alcohol use disorder patients. prevalence, addiction history and clinical features [PDF]
, 2015 Aims: To examine the prevalence of former heroin dependence (FHA) in Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) patients; to compare the clinical characteristics of FHA-AUD patients versus AUD patients without any past use of heroin at alcohol treatment entry; to ...
Ceccanti, Mauro +3 more
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Smoking heroin with cannabis versus injecting heroin: unexpected impact on treatment outcomes
Harm Reduction Journal, 2019 Background In several countries, especially in Africa, the dominant method of heroin intake is smoking a joint of cannabis laced with heroin. There is no data exploring the impact of smoking heroin with cannabis on treatment outcomes.
Nirvana Morgan +2 more
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Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2019 Acute growth in negative affect is thought to play a major role in triggering relapse in opiate-dependent individuals. Consistent with this view, three lab studies have demonstrated that negative mood induction increases opiate craving in opiate ...
Lee Hogarth +8 more
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Initiation to heroin injecting among heroin users in Sydney, Australia: cross sectional survey
Harm Reduction Journal, 2005 Background Heroin injection is associated with health and social problems including hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission. Few studies have examined the circumstances surrounding initiation to heroin injecting, especially current users initiating others ...
Day Carolyn A +3 more
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Pathological regional blood flow in opiate-dependent patients during withdrawal: A HMPAO-SPECT study [PDF]
, 1998 The aims of the present study were to investigate regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) in heroin-dependent patients during withdrawal and to assess the relation between these changes and duration of heroin consumption and withdrawal data.
Biersack, H. J. +9 more
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