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Transition from First Drug Use to Regular Injection among People Who Inject Drugs in Iran [PDF]

Addiction and Health, 2018
Background: The study aimed to evaluate the interval between first drug use and regular injection and factors associated with transition from first injection into premature regular injection among people who inject drugs (PWIDs).Methods: In a multicenter
Masoomeh Koozegar, Armita Shahesmaeili, Mehdi Noroozi   +2 more
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A Geospatial Bibliometric Review of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in the Russian Federation

Frontiers in Public Health, 2020
Background: Increasing rates of HIV/AIDS in Eastern Europe and Central Asia contrast global trends, but the scope of HIV/AIDS research originating from Russian Federation and countries of the former Soviet Union has not been quantified.Methods: We ...
Megan E. Gray Neils, Herman O. I. Pfaeffle, Art T. Kulatti, Alena Titova, Galina S. Lyles, Yulia Plotnikova, Elena Zorkaltseva, Oleg B. Ogarkov, Serhiy M. Vitko, Rebecca A. Dillingham, Scott K. Heysell   +10 more
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Pharmacist attitudes and provision of harm reduction services in North Carolina: an exploratory study

Harm Reduction Journal, 2021
Background Pharmacists are among the most accessible healthcare providers in the United States and uniquely positioned to provide harm reduction services.
Rachel A. Parry, William A. Zule, Christopher B. Hurt, Donna M. Evon, Sarah K. Rhea, Delesha M. Carpenter   +5 more
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Confronting the opioid crisis with consumer health information: a look at East Tennessee

Journal of the Medical Library Association, 2021
Background: Starting in the 1990s, health care providers began prescribing opioids to patients as pain relievers, believing they were safe. However, many patients became addicted to these pills.
Kelsey Leonard Grabeel, Jenny C. Moore
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Patterns and sociodemographic characteristics of substance abuse among hepatitis C virus-infected patients in Iraq: a cross-sectional study

The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery
Background Substance use disorders are a widely recognized problem among hepatitis C-infected patients; moreover, substance abuse by intravenous injection is a common mode of transmission of the hepatitis C virus worldwide. The frequency of substance use
Noor Ali Hasan, Nesif Al-Hemiary
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Sociodemographic and clinical profile of drug treatment seekers attending the State Psychiatric Hospital and Drug De-addiction Center at Agartala, Tripura

Indian Journal of Psychiatry, 2021
Background: Substance use disorders have become a widespread public health problem, especially in the northeastern states, and limited studies have been undertaken to reflect the picture of the same.
Udayan Majumder, Joysree Das, Swapan Chandra Barman, Jyotirmoy Ghosh, Bimal Krishna Bhowmic   +4 more
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Substance abuse treatment, what do we know? [PDF]

, 2005
Substance abuse, Alcohol misuse, Survey, Treatment evaluation, Effectiveness,
Machado, Matilde P., Matilde Machado
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Cyclic azapeptide CD36 ligand attenuates cardiac injury and reduces long‐chain fatty acid accumulation after myocardial ischemia–reperfusion in mice

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
In a murine model of myocardial ischemia and reperfusion (MI/R), the CD36 azapeptide ligand MPE‐298 reduces cardiac injury and transiently lowers left ventricular long‐chain fatty acids (LCFAs) accumulation 3 h after reperfusion, accompanied by a decrease of oxidative stress and inflammation‐associated genes' expression in the heart and adipose tissue.
Jade Gauvin, Naghme Radmannia, David N. Huynh, Liliane Ménard, Caroline Daneault, Maïté Veilleux, Ahsanullah Ahsanullah, André C. Carpentier, William D. Lubell, Matthieu Ruiz, Huy Ong, Sylvie Marleau, Simon‐Pierre Gravel   +12 more
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Reemergence of Intravenous Drug Use as Risk Factor for Candidemia, Massachusetts, USA

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2018
The epidemic of illicit intravenous drug use (IVDU) in the United States has been accompanied by a surge in drug overdose deaths and infectious sequelae.
Nongnooch Poowanawittayakom, Anamika Dutta, Shannon Stock, Sunkaru Touray, Richard T. Ellison, Stuart M. Levitz   +5 more
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Psychiatric and Medical Co-morbidities among the substance abusers presenting at Patna Medical college- A clinical study

Asian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2021
Background: The link between hazardous types of illegal drug use and significant public health issues is a critical issue for national and international drug policy. There are several negative health effects connected with drug use, with the avoidance of
Vivek Pratap Singh , Abhishek Pratap Singh , Narendra Pratap Singh   +2 more
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