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Acute effects of heroin on emotions in heroin‐dependent patients
The American Journal on Addictions, 2013BackgroundEuphoria has been described in heroin‐dependent individuals after heroin administration. However, affective disturbances and disorders are common in heroin dependence. The present study examined the acute effects of heroin on emotions in heroin‐dependent patients.MethodsThis randomized controlled crossover trial included 28 heroin‐dependent ...
Blum, J. +8 more
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The Socioeconomics of Heroin Dependency
New England Journal of Medicine, 1972Abstract The present production and sale of heroin is an enterprise with gross profits that rivals many industries. Ten kilograms of opium grown in Asia and sold at $25 per kilogram will produce 1 kg of uncut heroin worth $20,000 in the United States. The ultimate aggregate worth of the same kilogram of heroin may be as much as $400,000.
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Outpatient Methadone Withdrawal for Heroin Dependence
The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 1980The outcome of outpatient methadone withdrawal reported in 20 published studies during the 1970s varied widely: none to 62% of the patients completed withdrawal, none to 35% became abstinent at termination of withdrawal, and none to 38% were abstinent at follow-up.
J F, Maddux, D P, Desmond, M, Esquivel
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Buprenorphine and Naloxone for Heroin Dependence
Current Psychiatry Reports, 2000The pharmacology of buprenorphine is unique because of its partial agonist profile at the mu-opioid receptor (ie, high affinity, low intrinsic activity and slow dissociation). This unique profile results in greater safety, less physical dependence, and greater flexibility in dose scheduling.
R E, Johnson, J C, McCagh
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Pharmacologic Treatment of Heroin-Dependent Patients
Annals of Internal Medicine, 2000Patients with heroin dependence frequently present to internists and other physicians for heroin-related medical, psychiatric, and behavioral health problems and often seek help with reducing their heroin use. Thus, physicians should be familiar with the identification and diagnosis of heroin dependence in their patients and be able to initiate ...
P G, O'Connor, D A, Fiellin
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Heroin-Dependent Family: A Biopsychosocial Context
Substance Abuse, 2011Substance use disorders are a debilitating, heterogenous group of disorders with multifactorial origins.
Sonali, Jhanjee +3 more
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Heroin dependence: Consequences and precursors related to route of administration
Nordic Journal of Psychiatry, 1999Two random samples of Danish prisoners on remand (solitary confinement (SC) and non-SC)) were examined using semistructured and standardized psychiatric and social interviews, cognitive tests, and questionnaires. Heroin dependence was divided into injection heroin dependence (IHD) and smoke heroin dependence (SHD). Comparisons corrected for confounders
Andersen, Henrik Steen +4 more
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Prescription of Heroin for the Management of Heroin Dependence
CNS Drugs, 2009The prescription of heroin (diamorphine) for the management of heroin dependence is a controversial treatment approach that was limited to Britain until the 1990s. Since then a number of countries have embarked upon clinical trials of this approach, and it is currently licensed and available in several European countries.
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The current status of heroin prescription treatment for heroin dependence
Expert Opinion on Drug Safety, 2005Heroin prescription (HP) to treat severe heroin dependence has been available to few patients in the UK for several decades with limited, but generally favourable, evaluation. In the last decade, large trials have been reported from two countries, are presently underway in three other countries and under consideration in several other countries.
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WMJ : official publication of the State Medical Society of Wisconsin, 2004
Heroin use, particularly injection use, is a problem of great public health importance. The risks associated with heroin dependence, such as HIV and viral hepatitis, and the social costs due to associated crime and poverty exceed those of most other drugs of abuse.
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Heroin use, particularly injection use, is a problem of great public health importance. The risks associated with heroin dependence, such as HIV and viral hepatitis, and the social costs due to associated crime and poverty exceed those of most other drugs of abuse.
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