Chronic Treatment with Opiate Agonists in Bulgaria - Assessing the Quality of Life Using SF 36 v. 2
Folia Medica, 2016 Introduction: Drug addictions to psychoactive substances are disorders with a complex bio-psycho-social genesis, which are characterized with chronic relapses.
Petrov Sava V. +3 more
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Location inference on social media data for agile monitoring of public health crises: An application to opioid use and abuse during the Covid-19 pandemic [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 The Covid-19 pandemic has intersected with the opioid epidemic to create a unique public health crisis, with the health and economic consequences of the virus and associated lockdowns compounding pre-existing social and economic stressors associated with rising opioid and heroin use and abuse. In order to better understand these interlocking crises, we
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LifeThis study aimed to evaluate the changes in quality of life (QoL) over a 12-month period among opiate users in Romania, identifying factors that contribute to a worsening of their condition.
Melania Lavinia Bratu +6 more
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Towards a secured smart IoT using light weight blockchain: An aim to secure Pharmacy Products [PDF]
arXiv, 2022 Blockchain has proven a very developed and secured technology. It ensures data integrity with authentic connected nodes. Now-a-days, blockchain with IoT is a great combination for secured and smart end to end product delivery. This observation has motivated the research to develop a conceptual model to provide a secure pharmaceutical product delivery ...
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Review of Heroin Metabolites and Alkaloids Detected in Postmortem Toxicological Analysis
Adli Tıp BülteniObjective: In toxicological analyses, a variety of alkaloids and metabolites can be detected in addition to the main drugs or stimulants. The aim of this study is to discuss the diversity, frequency and characteristics of heroin metabolites and alkaloids
Abdülkadir İzci +3 more
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Incidence of opioid use disorder in the year after discharge from an emergency department encounter
Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open, 2021 Objective Therapeutic opioid exposure is associated with long‐term use. How much later use is due to opioid use disorder (OUD) and the incidence of OUD without preceding therapeutic exposure are unknown.
Brittany E. Punches +4 more
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Rapid Absorption of Naloxone from Eye Drops
Pharmaceuticals, 2022 Naloxone as emergency treatment for opioid overdosing can be administered via several routes. However, the available administration methods are invasive or may be associated with incomplete or slow naloxone absorption.
Johanna Tuunainen +8 more
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Analysis of the clinical indications for opiate use in inflammatory bowel disease
Intestinal Research, 2017 Background/Aims: Opiate use for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), particularly high-dose (HD) use, is associated with increased mortality. It's assumed that opiate use is directly related to IBD-related complaints, although this hasn't been well defined.
Youran Gao +3 more
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Platform Criminalism: The 'Last-Mile' Geography of the Darknet Market Supply Chain [PDF]
, 2017 Does recent growth of darknet markets signify a slow reorganisation of the illicit drug trade? Where are darknet markets situated in the global drug supply chain? In principle, these platforms allow producers to sell directly to end users, bypassing traditional trafficking routes.
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Adolescent Hepatitis C: Prevalence, Impact, and Management Challenges
Adolescent Health, Medicine and Therapeutics, 2021 Paula Chaves Mari, Reema Gulati, Philip Fragassi Department of Pediatrics, MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USACorrespondence: Philip FragassiMetroHealth Medical Center, 2500 MetroHealth Drive, Cleveland, OH, 44109, USATel +1 216 957 5000Fax +1
Mari PC, Gulati R, Fragassi P
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