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Decreased Relative Cerebral Blood Flow in Unmedicated Heroin-Dependent Individuals

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2020
Understanding the brain mechanisms of heroin dependence is invaluable for developing effective treatment. Measurement of regional cerebral blood flow (CBF) provides a method to visualize brain circuits that are functionally impaired by heroin dependence.
Wenhan Yang, Ru Yang, Fei Tang, Jing Luo, Jun Zhang, Changlong Chen, Changlong Chen, Chunmei Duan, Yuan Deng, Lidan Fan, Jun Liu   +10 more
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Rate and Predictors of Severe Withdrawal Symptoms in an Accelerated Opioid Detoxification Program

Psychiatry and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 2021
Background: Opioid addicts usually quit treatment due to the severe withdrawal symptoms associated with it. Accelerated opioid detoxification programs were launched with the aim of making the detoxification process easier to complete for opioid patients
Ozge Kalkan, Kultegin Ogel, Gizem Pozam, Hakan Sari   +3 more
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Itraconazole-induced Torsade de Pointes in a patient receiving methadone substitution therapy [PDF]

, 2009
Issues. Methadone, a pharmacological agent used to treat heroin dependence is relatively safe, but may cause cardiac arrhythmias in the concurrent presence of other risk factors. Approach and Key Findings.
Narayanan, S., Robson , Noorzurani, Vicknasingam, B.   +2 more
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Assessing the 2004-2018 fentanyl misusing issues reported to an international range of adverse reporting systems [PDF]

, 2019
© 2019 Schifano, Chiappini, Corkery and Guirguis. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY).
Chiappini, Stephania, Corkery, John, Guirguis, Amira, Schifano, Fabrizio   +3 more
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Light Therapy Alleviates Addiction‐Related Symptoms and Reshapes Habenula and Midbrain Pathways

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study investigates light therapy for treating Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD). Functional MRI (fMRI) data reveal that light therapy enhances brain connectivity, particularly between the habenula and the medial orbitofrontal cortex (mOFC). These changes are associated with reduced withdrawal symptoms and addiction severity, highlighting the ...
Jinhui Li, Huiyang Huang, Cunhao Hu, Xuan Zhang, Song Lin, Xiaodan Huang, Ti‐fei Yuan, Kwok‐Fai So, Lu Huang, Chaoran Ren, Qian Tao   +10 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
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Profiles of visuospatial memory dysfunction in opioid exposed and dependent populations [PDF]

, 2019
Background . Chronic opioid exposure is common world-wide, but behavioural performance remains under-investigated. This study aimed to investigate visuospatial memory performance in opioid-exposed and dependent clinical populations and its associations ...
Baldacchino, Alex, Balfour, David, Matthews, Keith, Tolomeo, Serenella   +3 more
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Understanding Substance Use and Suicide Risk Among LGBTQ+ College Students Post‐COVID‐19

Journal of Addictions &Offender Counseling, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the reported frequency of substance use, levels of suicide risk, and their relationships among LGBTQ+ college students (N = 192) following the COVID‐19 pandemic. Participants most commonly reported alcohol and marijuana use, and least commonly reported unprescribed prescription opioid or heroin use.
Afroze N. Shaikh, Jordan B. Westcott, Brittney N. R. Irion, Jackie Yang, Illiana R. Navarra‐Bueno, Hannah Martinson, Noah Diaz   +6 more
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Differences in onset and abuse/dependence episodes between prescription opioids and heroin: results from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions

Substance Abuse and Rehabilitation, 2011
Li-Tzy Wu1, George E Woody2, Chongming Yang3, Paolo Mannelli1, Dan G Blazer11Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA; 2Department of Psychiatry, University of ...
Mannelli P, Yang C, Woody GE, Wu LT, Blazer DG   +4 more
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A Theory of Natural Addiction [PDF]

, 2007
Economic theories of rational addiction aim to describe consumer behavior in the presence of habit-forming goods. We provide a biological foundation for this body of work by formally specifying conditions under which it is optimal to form a habit.
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