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Cardiovascular Complications Following Acute Methadone Poisoning in Patients with and Without a History of Long-term Methadone Use

Journal of Research in Pharmacy Practice
Objective: Given the prevalence of methadone poisoning, this study was conducted to compare the cardiovascular complications following acute methadone poisoning in patients with and without a history of long-term methadone use.
Gholamali Dorooshi, Mahbod Shirmohammadi, Farzad Gheshlaghi, Arman Otroshi, Shafeajafar Zoofaghari, Nastaran Eizadi-Mood   +5 more
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Use of thoracic computed tomography in the diagnosis of a pulmonary myxoma in a horse

Equine Veterinary Education, EarlyView.
Summary This case describes the first reported antemortem computed tomographic (CT) examination of the thorax in an adult horse. A 13‐year‐old Australian Stock Horse gelding presented for a severe cough, epistaxis and haemoptysis after a 1‐year history of suspected equine asthma.
E. Hodgson, F. Pauwels, L. Woolford, O. Jones, L. Silvera, D. Feary   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Methadone Maintenance Treatment and Cognitive Function: A Systematic Review

, 2013
Methadone has been used as a pharmacotherapy for the treatment of opiate dependence since the mid-1960s. Many studies examining the benefits of methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) for opiate dependence have documented a significant reduction in both ...
Russell, Bruce R., Wang, Grace Y., Wouldes, Trecia A.   +2 more
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Prevalence of many comorbidities is similar irrespective of the time since HIV diagnosis in persons ageing with HIV who have survived to age 65 years

HIV Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective To compare the prevalence of comorbidity in persons with HIV ≥65 years of age based on the time from HIV diagnosis. Design Cross‐sectional observational cohort study. Methods Data was collected from 540 participants in the CHANGE HIV (Correlates of Healthy Aging in Geriatric HIV) study, a longitudinal study of HIV in persons aged 65 ...
Alice Zhabokritsky, Leif Erik Lovblom, Brian Boyachuk, Julien Falutz, Marina Klein, Mona Loutfy, Graham Smith, Darrell Tan, Marianne Harris, Sylvia Guillemi, Nisha Adany, Mark Verway, Gord Arbess, Giovanni Guaraldi, Sharon Walmsley   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Withholding methadone from inmates is wrong

, 2018
$1.2 billion in taxpayer dollars will be spent on incarcerated individuals in the Commonwealth this year alone. Warren Ferguson, the board chair of the Academic Consortium on Criminal Justice Health, believes that spending a portion of this amount on ...
Ferguson, Warren J.
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‘A Noose Around the Neck’: Financial Penalties, Extended Enforcement, and Barriers to Rehabilitation

The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Fines are commonly assumed to be non‐disruptive sanctions, creating no barriers to rehabilitation or reintegration. In this paper, which draws on interviews with nine community justice practitioners in Scotland, I show how fines enforcement is a neglected aspect of contemporary punishment, one which often obstructs prospects for rehabilitation
Amy Cullen
wiley   +1 more source

Trends in Dispensing of Opioids and Benzodiazepines Among Older Adults Admitted for an Acute Hip Fracture Between 2008 and 2024 in Ontario, Canada

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Opioids and benzodiazepines (BZDs) are commonly prescribed for managing pain, anxiety, and sleep‐related problems following a hip fracture. Both opioids and BZDs carry risks of persistent dependence, falls, and mortality with long‐term use. Despite these risks, Canada lacks standardized prescribing guidelines for older adults with
Anum Ali, Mina Tadrous, Chizaram Eje, Laleh Rashidian, Arrani Senthinathan, Cherry Chu, Kerry Kuluski, Sara J. T. Guilcher   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ireland has 9,615 methadone users but care plans needed to get them drug-free.

, 2014
In the last three years the number of people on methadone has increased, according to figures released by the Minister for Health James Reilly. Answering a parliamentary question on how many people the HSE provides opioid substitution, mainly ...

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Systemic, Lifestyle and Environmental Modifying Factors in the Pathogenesis of Periodontitis

Journal of Periodontal Research, EarlyView.
A variety of impacting factors in the pathogenesis of periodontitis exist, including systemic, lifestyle, and environmental factors. This review highlights the manifold mechanistic aspects of the link between the pathogenesis of periodontitis, addressing these numerous factors to supplement the long‐standing knowledge of the progression of the disease.
Sabine Elisabeth Groeger, Yuxi Zhou, Jiawen Yong, Lei Wang, Sabine Ruf, Joerg Meyle   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Image3_PKA inhibition is a central step in D,L-methadone-induced ER Ca2+ release and subsequent apoptosis in acute lymphoblastic leukemia.JPEG

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is a hematologic cancer that mostly affects children. It accounts for over a quarter of ALL pediatric cancers, causing most of the cancer death among children.
Ki-Young Lee (185268), Hamza Kamran (18433152), Jung Kwon Lee (15149122)   +2 more
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