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Genetic variants in NECTIN4 encoding an adhesion molecule are associated with continued opioid use.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2020
Methadone is a synthetic opioid used as maintenance treatment for patients addicted to heroin. Skin irritation is one of the adverse events caused by opioid use.
Chiu-Ping Fang   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Neonatal abstinence syndrome: Pharmacologic strategies for the mother and infant. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Opioid use in pregnancy has increased dramatically over the past decade. Since prenatal opioid use is associated with numerous obstetrical and neonatal complications, this now has become a major public health problem.
Davis, Jonathan M.   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Selective Attention and Drug Related Attention Bias in Methadone Maintenance Patients [PDF]

open access: yesActa Medica Iranica, 2011
One of the main problems of the drug abusers is drug related attention bias, which causes craving, and as a result drive the drug abusers to take narcotics. Methadone is used as a maintenance treatment for drug abusers.
Majid Nejati   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Effects of drug substitution programs on offending among drug‐addicts

open access: yesCampbell Systematic Reviews, 2009
Drug abusers are generally more involved in crime, in particular property crime, than people who are not drug abusers. Substitution programs have been developed in order to improve drug users' quality of life and to decrease their criminal involvement ...
Nicole Egli   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Retrospective evaluation of the use of small‐bore wire‐guided catheters for the management of peritoneal effusion in cats and dogs

open access: yesJournal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care, Volume 33, Issue 1, Page 91-97, January/February 2023., 2023
Abstract Objective To describe the use of small‐bore wire‐guided catheters in the management of peritoneal effusion in cats and dogs and to detail any associated adverse events. Design Retrospective study. Setting University teaching hospital Animals Forty‐five client‐owned animals that had peritoneal catheters placed for management of peritoneal ...
Jilli Crosby, Karen Humm, Simon D. Cook
wiley   +1 more source

Treating Homeless Opioid Dependent Patients with Buprenorphine in an Office-Based Setting [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
CONTEXT Although office-based opioid treatment with buprenorphine (OBOT-B) has been successfully implemented in primary care settings in the US, its use has not been reported in homeless patients.
Alford, Daniel P.   +6 more
core   +3 more sources

Multianalyte Approach—Including Automated Preparation of Calibrators—for Validated Quantification of 82 Drugs in Whole Blood by Liquid Chromatography–Tandem Mass Spectrometry

open access: yesDrug Testing and Analysis, EarlyView.
In forensic bioanalysis, often multianalyte approaches are used given their increased effectiveness but can be difficult to develop and maintain in the laboratory, for example, in terms of calibrator solution preparation. A fast, simple, and robust liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry (LC–MS/MS) method for the quantification of 82 classic ...
Andrea E. Steuer   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Treatment adherence amongst drug users attending public and private methadone maintenance clinics in a northern province of Vietnam

open access: yesSubstance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2020
Background Methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) has been proven to be effective in improving health status and the quality of life of illicit drug users.
Tuan Anh Le   +15 more
doaj   +1 more source

Rapid Analytical Method for Quantification of Gamma‐Hydroxybutyrate (GHB) in Hair by UPLC‐MS/MS

open access: yesDrug Testing and Analysis, EarlyView.
A rapid and simple UPLC‐MS/MS method for quantification of GHB in 10 mg of hair was developed. The method was satisfactorily validated, showing a linear range of 0.5–50 ng/mg, which allows us to quantify endogenous and exogenous GHB concentrations.
Miriam Blanco‐Ces   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

UHPLC‐QTOFMS Urine Drug Screening With Dilute‐and‐Shoot Sample Preparation and Vacuum‐Insulated Probe‐Heated Electrospray Ionization

open access: yesDrug Testing and Analysis, EarlyView.
The new ionization technique, vacuum‐insulated probe‐heated electrospray, allows for a simple dilute‐and‐shoot sample preparation to be used with liquid chromatography time‐of‐flight mass spectrometry in urine drug screening. Comparison with a method relying on solid‐phase extraction and conventional electrospray ionization shows improved performance ...
Mira Sundström   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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