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The Leeds Evaluation of Efficacy of Detoxification Study (LEEDS) project: An open-label pragmatic randomised control trial comparing the efficacy of differing therapeutic agents for primary care detoxification from either street heroin or methadone [ISRCTN07752728] [PDF]

, 2004
BACKGROUND: Heroin is a synthetic opioid with an extensive illicit market leading to large numbers of people becoming addicted. Heroin users often present to community treatment services requesting detoxification and in the UK various agents are used ...
A Ritter, Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, AH Masson, AK Nigam, Charlotte NE Tompkins, Clive E Adams, E Goddard, Great Britain Department of Health, Great Britain Government Statistical Service, Home Office, J Lowinson, J Strang, J Strang, L San, Laura Sheard, LJ Cheskin, M Ramsay, N Linteris, N Seivewright, Nat MJ Wright, Nicola S Oldham, PG O'Connor, Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, WK Bickel   +22 more
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Minimally Invasive Chemical Biopsy Needle with Self‐Wettable Extraction Phase For In Vivo Tissue Sampling During Medical Procedures

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A new tissue sampling device using an acupuncture needle with bio‐compatible extraction sorbents in the recessed section is developed. The coating material using self‐wettable particles doesn't require solvent activation after sterilization. This device is applied for the anti‐cancer drug concentration monitoring during the in vivo lung perfusion ...
Runshan Will Jiang, Wei Zhou, Marcelo Cypel, Todd L. Demmy, Gal Shafirstein, Guillermo Garza, Emily Gawrys, Joanna Bogusiewicz, Barbara Bojko, Janusz Pawliszyn   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Orthoptic status before and immediately after heroin detoxification [PDF]

, 2004
Aim: To determine whether changes in orthoptic status take place during withdrawal from heroin and/or methadone. Method: A prospective study of patients, using a repeated measures design, attending a 5 day naltrexone compressed opiate detoxification ...
Beaini, A.Y., Carr, M.P., Firth, A.Y., Pulling, S.   +3 more
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Trends in opioid prescribing in Scandinavian countries from 2010 to 2023: Insights from multi‐metric evaluation

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aims Monitoring opioid prescribing across different healthcare systems is essential to understanding population‐level exposure and informing global health policies. This study examined opioid utilization in Scandinavian countries between 2010 and 2023 using multiple complementary metrics, addressing the limitations of single‐metric comparisons ...
Gabriela Rolová, Svetlana Skurtveit, Marte Handal, Geana Paula Kurita, Torgeir Gilje Lid, Ingvild Odsbu, Mikael Hoffmann   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gender and Age Effects on the Trajectory of Depression in Opioid Users during Methadone Maintenance Treatment

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2017
IntroductionBoth heroin use and depression are significant health problems. Methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) can be of great benefit to heroin users. However, changes in the level of depression in heroin users during MMT are not clear.
Peng-Wei Wang, Peng-Wei Wang, Huang-Chi Lin, Huang-Chi Lin, Yi-Hsin Connie Yang, Chih-Yao Hsu, Kuan-Sheng Chung, Hung-Chi Wu, Cheng-Fang Yen, Cheng-Fang Yen   +9 more
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Psychoactive prescription drug use and misuse in patients on opioid agonist treatment

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aims To identify the patterns and trends in prescription drug use and misuse in patients on opioid agonist treatment. Methods We used data from the OPPIDUM programme, which collects data from patients attending substance abuse treatment facilities. Data collected include use of psychoactive prescription drugs in the past week.
Thomas Soeiro, Clémence Lacroix, Élisabeth Jouve, Élisabeth Frauger, Maryse Lapeyre‐Mestre, Joëlle Micallef   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

HCV and HIV infection among heroin addicts in methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) and not in MMT in Changsha and Wuhan, China. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2012
OBJECTIVE: To compare HCV and HIV infection among heroin addicts in MMT and not in MMT in two large cities in central China. METHODS: A total of 541 heroin addicts were recruited from MMT clinics and voluntary detoxification centers in Changsha and Wuhan,
Xuyi Wang, Linxiang Tan, Yi Li, Yao Zhang, Dongyi Zhou, Tieqiao Liu, Wei Hao   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

The newer opioid agonist treatment with lower substitutive opiate doses is associated with better toxicology outcome than the older harm reduction treatment [PDF]

, 2016
Background: Charge-free heroin use disorder treatment in Italy follows two main approaches, i.e., harm reduction treatment (HRT) strategy in community low-threshold facilities for drug addiction and opioid agonist treatment (OAT) in high-threshold ...
Bacciardi, Silvia, Bizzarri, Jacopo V., Casetti, Valentina, Conca, Andreas, Giovanni Icro Maremmani, Angelo, Maremmani, Icro, Piacentino, Daria, Rovai, Luca, Sanna, Livia   +8 more
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Evaluation of Therapeutic Opioids in Hair of Neonatal and Pediatric Patients

Drug Testing and Analysis, EarlyView.
This study investigated the incorporation of novel and traditional medically used opioids into the hair of 118 pediatric and neonatal patients. Concentrations (median [range]) in hair were as follows: fentanyl: 4.03 pg/mg [0.10–343], sufentanil: 0.31 pg/mg [0.10–8.64], remifentanil: 0.14 pg/mg [0.10–0.43], and morphine: 27.4 pg/mg [1.0–1870].
Max Polke, Florian Zapf, Tanja Restin, Thomas Kraemer, Tina M. Binz   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reversal of Fentanyl‐Induced Respiratory Depression in Healthy Subjects by Intramuscular Nalmefene Administered by Auto‐Injector Versus Intranasal Naloxone

The Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Abstract As illegally made fentanyl and congeners continue to drive overdose deaths in the US, experts have called for stronger and longer‐lasting antagonists. A randomized, 4‐period, 2‐treatment crossover replicate‐design study in healthy moderately‐experienced opioid users (n = 24) evaluated the reversal of opioid‐induced respiratory depression (OIRD)
Alessandra Cipriano, Ellie He, Manjunath Shet, Glen Apseloff, Stephen C. Harris   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source