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‘Emptiness filled with love’: A reflexive thematic analysis of chemsex trajectories among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men in Almaty, Kazakhstan, using a life course framework

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and aims The intentional use of psychoactive substances to enhance sexual experiences, known as chemsex, is associated with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission, psychological distress and social isolation among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM).
Nikolay Lunchenkov, Nadezhda Cherchenko, Elena German, Susanna Rinne‐Wolf   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mephedrone (4-Methylmethcathinone): Acute Behavioral Effects, Hyperthermic, and Pharmacokinetic Profile in Rats

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2018
Mephedrone (MEPH) is a synthetic cathinone derivative with effects that mimic MDMA and/or cocaine. Our study in male Wistar rats provides detailed investigations of MEPH’s and its primary metabolite nor-mephedrone’s (nor-MEPH) pharmacokinetics and bio ...
Klára Šíchová, Nikola Pinterová, Nikola Pinterová, Monika Židková, Rachel R. Horsley, Eva Lhotková, Kristýna Štefková, Čestmír Vejmola, Čestmír Vejmola, Libor Uttl, Libor Uttl, Marie Balíková, Martin Kuchař, Martin Kuchař, Tomáš Páleníček, Tomáš Páleníček   +15 more
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GC-MS/MS-Based Detection and Quantification of Methamphetamine and Mephedrone in Biological Matrices using Modified dSPE Method

Asian Journal of Chemistry
This research presents a technique combining gas chromatography and tandem mass spectrometry (GC-MS/MS) with a modified dispersive solid phase extraction (D-SPE) method for identifying and quantifying methamphetamine (MTPn) and mephedrone (MPDn) in ...
Anjali Jangra, R. K. Sarin, B. Nayak, H. Khajuria   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Insight into Glutamatergic Involvement in Rewarding Effects of Mephedrone in Rats: In Vivo and Ex Vivo Study

Molecular Neurobiology, 2021
Mephedrone is a widely used drug of abuse, exerting its effects by interacting with monoamine transporters. Although this mechanism has been widely studied heretofore, little is known about the involvement of glutamatergic transmission in mephedrone ...
Olga Wronikowska, Maria Zykubek, A. Michalak, A. Pankowská, Paulina Kozioł, A. Boguszewska-Czubara, Łukasz Kurach, Artur Łazorczyk, Katarzyna Kochalska, Sylwia Talarek, Tymoteusz Słowik, R. Pietura, J. Kurzepa, B. Budzyńska   +13 more
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On 3‐MMC: A Cathinone I Have Come to Know and Love

Anthropology of Consciousness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article attempts to complicate the mythology of a compound in a state of becoming. I will trace lightly its origins as a cultural disruptor and how I am implicated in this imperative. Introducing you to 3‐MMC will require multiple modes of storytelling and taking of liberties, drawing on literature reviews, practice‐based research, prose,
Carmen Ostrander
wiley   +1 more source

Small molecule recognition of mephedrone using an anthracene molecular clip [PDF]

, 2016
This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of the following article: Kathryn Kellett, J. Hugh Broome, Mire Zloh, Stewart B. Kirton, Suzanne Fergus, Ute Gerhard, Jacqueline Stair, and Kar J.
Broome, J. Hugh, Fergus, Suzanne, Gerhard, Ute, Kellett, Kathryn, Kirton, Stewart B., Stair, Jacqueline L., Wallace, Karl J., Zloh, Mire   +7 more
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Vulnerability factors for mephedrone-induced conditioned place preference in rats—the impact of sex differences, social-conditioning and stress

Psychopharmacology, 2021
Mephedrone is a frequently overused drug of abuse that belongs to the group of novel psychoactive substances. Although its mechanism of action, as well as toxic and psychoactive effects, has been widely studied, the role of different factors that could ...
Olga Wronikowska, Maria Zykubek, Łukasz Kurach, A. Michalak, A. Boguszewska-Czubara, B. Budzyńska   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Missed opportunities to prevent HIV acquisition with pre‐exposure prophylaxis: A mixed methods study of people with recently acquired HIV in the United Kingdom

HIV Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Objectives To explore missed opportunities for PrEP use among people with recently acquired HIV in the United Kingdom. Methods Data were derived from CASCADE, an international, longitudinal, mixed‐methods study of adults (≥16 years) with recently acquired HIV (≤12 months).
Argyro Karakosta, Emily Jay Nicholls, Flavien Coukan, Diarmuid Nugent, Iain Reeves, Laura Waters, Sarah Fidler, Elisa Ruiz Burga, Julie Fox, Alison Uriel, Jane Nicholls, Claire Mackintosh, Shema Tariq, Fiona Burns, for CASCADE Collaboration, John Gill, Kholoud Porter, Fiona Burns, Christina Carlander, Rafael Eduardo Campo, Harmony Garges, Sophie Grabar, Inma Jarrín, Laurence Meyer, Moustafa Kamel, Shema Tariq, Giota Touloumi, Marc van der Valk, Vani Vannappagari, Alain Volny Anne, Linda Wittkop, Lital Young, Agnes Aisam, Diana Barger, Eli Fitzgerald, Argyro Karakosta, Emily Jay Nicholls, Nicoletta Policek, Bruno Spire, Inés Suárez‐García, Sophie Abgrall, Valerie Andriantsoanirina, Veronique Avettand‐Fenoel, Christine Bourgeois, Marie‐Laure Chaix, Antoine Cheret, Hugues Fischer, Cecile Goujard, Caroline Lascoux‐Combe, Annie Le Palec, Ventzlislava Petrov‐Sanchez, Asier Saez‐Cirion, Remonie Seng, Karl Stefic, Josephine Tine, E Piet, A Gagneux‐Brunon, C Jacomet, L Piroth, F Benezit, M Goussef, P Tattevin, F Bani Sadr, I Lamaury, M Nacher, H Bazus, O Robineau, R Calin, C Katlama, JL Meynard, B Denis, J Ghosn, V Joly, MA Khuong, F Caby, E Rouveix Nordon, P de Truchis, S Abgrall, A Chéret, C Duvivier, A Becker, P Miailhes, S Abel, G Unal, A Makinson, G Martin‐Blondel, A Morisot, S Bregigeon, C Allavena, V Rabier, H Fischer, L Vallet, L Marchand, T Saïdi, D Costagliola, S Grabar, Pierre Tattevin, Pierre de Truchis, M Hughes Fischer, Santiago Moreno, David Dalmau, M Luisa Navarro, M Isabel González, Federico Garcia, Eva Poveda, Félix Gutiérrez, Rafael Rubio, Francesc Vidal, Juan Berenguer, Juan González, M Ángeles Muñoz‐Fernández, G. Adamis, M. Chini, G. Chrysos, M. Marangos, O. Katsarou, D. Kofteridis, S. Metallidis, P. Panagopoulos, N. Pantazis, A. Papadopoulos, V. Paparizos, V. Papastamopoulos, M. Psychogiou, H. Sambatakou, NV. Sipsas, G. Touloumi, C Thomadakis, Julie Fox, Louise Terry, Alison Uriel, Sarah Fidler, Wilbert Ayap, Laura Waters, Fowsiya Nur, Sabine Kinloch, Thomas Fernandez, Diarmuid Nugent, Javier Pinedo, Iain Reeves, Lidia Ignatov, Tracy Fong, Laura Cunningham, Jaydee Pangan, Claire Mackintosh, Louise Sharp   +145 more
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In vitro metabolic profile of mexedrone, a mephedrone analog, studied by high‐ and low‐resolution mass spectrometry

Drug Testing and Analysis, 2021
Mexedrone is a synthetic cathinone structurally related to mephedrone, which belongs to the class of N‐alkyl cathinone derivatives, whose metabolic profile has not been fully clarified yet.
Cristian Camuto, A. Guglielmelli, F. De-Giorgio, X. de la Torre, M. Mazzarino, M. Marti, F. Botré   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Scoping Review of Sexual and Gender Minority Health Research in Ireland

Journal of Advanced Nursing, Volume 82, Issue 5, Page 4625-4659, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Aim To map existing sexual and gender minority (SGM) health research in Ireland, identify gaps in literature and outline priorities for future research and healthcare. SGM is an umbrella term that includes people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or intersex and is sometimes abbreviated as LGBTQI+.
John P. Gilmore, Tonda L. Hughes, Sean Kearns, Laurie A. Drabble, Diarmuid Stokes, Siobhán D. Thomas, Chris Noone, Lauren Bochicchio   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source