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Psycho-social Factors that Lead to Heroin Addiction among Young Males in Turkey
Addicta: The Turkish Journal on Addictions, 2018 Heroin has become a subject of growing concern in Turkey due to the rapid increase among young adults using and becoming addicted to it. Thus, the purpose of this qualitative study is to identify the psycho-social factors that lead to heroin addiction ...
Kamil Alptekin +3 more
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Addiction, EarlyView.Abstract Aim We evaluated whether community‐level naloxone distribution, medication for opioid use disorder treatment and retention and incident high‐risk opioid prescribing rates were associated with opioid overdose death rates. Design Observational cohort conducted using 2019 to 2023 community‐level data as an exploratory analysis of the HEALing ...
Alexander Y. Walley +19 more
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Addiction, EarlyView.Abstract Background and aims There has been an extensive literature describing the elevated risk of drug‐related death following an individual's release from prison; however, few previous studies have reported nationally representative samples or provided granular detail as to which individual drugs were deemed implicated in death.
Emmert Roberts +2 more
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Addiction, EarlyView.Abstract Background and aims Despite the well‐documented benefits of opioid substitution treatment (OST) in treating opioid dependence (OD), many people diagnosed with OD desire to live a drug‐free life. The transition to abstinence involves detoxification: a gradual dose reduction of OST to zero milligrams.
Amy Bagshaw +5 more
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Addiction, EarlyView.Abstract Background and aims Cocaine use disorder (CUD) is an increasingly widespread concern worldwide. Various pharmacological treatments have been investigated for CUD, but their efficacy remains unclear, and none have been licensed for treatment.
Craig Paterson +13 more
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Thiol/disulphide homeostasis in men with heroin addiction [PDF]
Düşünen Adam Psikiyatri ve Nörolojik Bilimler Dergisi, 2014 Objective: Heroin addicts have increased oxidative stress which can disturb thiol/disulfide (SH/SS) homeostasis, causing disulfide formation. No study has determined the serum thiol amount and blood disulfide amount in heroin addicts.
vahap ozan kotan +7 more
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Addiction, EarlyView.Abstract Background and aims Recent decades have seen a rise in the number of pregnancies exposed to opioids. Whilst evidence of the impact of such exposure on pregnancy and infant outcomes is fairly robust, the impact of prenatal opioid exposure (POE) on longer‐term outcomes for children and young people remains unclear.
Louise Marryat +8 more
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Addiction, EarlyView.Abstract Background and aims Data on the presence of new psychoactive substances (NPS) mainly originate from drug‐checking, law enforcement and wastewater analysis sources, while data on NPS poisonings are scarce. In Europe, the documented incidence rate of NPS poisonings is highest in the Netherlands.
Johanna J. Nugteren‐van Lonkhuyzen +5 more
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Translational PsychiatryRecent progress in psychiatric research has highlighted neuroinflammation in the pathophysiology of opioid use disorder (OUD), suggesting that heightened immune responses in the brain may exacerbate opioid-related mechanisms.
Gabriele Floris +3 more
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Addiction, EarlyView.Abstract Aims To investigate whether the treatment effect of extended‐release buprenorphine (BUP‐XR) on opioid‐free days in opioid use disorder (OUD) is mediated by reductions in opioid craving and improvements in personal functioning. Design and setting Exploratory causal mediation analysis using VanderWeele's four‐way decomposition framework in a 24 ...
John Marsden +11 more
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