Investigation of Personality Traits and Frequency of Personality Disorders in individuals with Stimulant and Opiate dependence. [PDF]
Background & Objective: In conceptualizing addiction, the role of personality elements in the emergence and continuation of dependence to substances has attracted the attention of researchers. Accordingly, the purpose of this study was to investigate the
ValiOlah Akbari +3 more
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Pathological regional blood flow in opiate-dependent patients during withdrawal: A HMPAO-SPECT study [PDF]
The aims of the present study were to investigate regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) in heroin-dependent patients during withdrawal and to assess the relation between these changes and duration of heroin consumption and withdrawal data.
Biersack, H. J. +9 more
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μ-opioid receptors (MORs) are necessary for the analgesic and addictive effects of opioids such as morphine, but the MOR-expressing neuronal populations that mediate the distinct opiate effects remain elusive.
Yijun Cui +16 more
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Investigating the Complications and Consequences of Myocardial Infarction between Abusers and Non-abusers of Opiate: A Cross-sectional Study in the South of Iran [PDF]
Background: One of the major risk factors in cardiovascular diseases is Opiate abuse. Accordingly, the present study aims to investigate the complications and consequences of myocardial infarction between Abusers and Non-abusers of Opiate in the south of
Mojtaba Farjam +5 more
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The Leeds Evaluation of Efficacy of Detoxification Study (LEEDS) project: An open-label pragmatic randomised control trial comparing the efficacy of differing therapeutic agents for primary care detoxification from either street heroin or methadone [ISRCTN07752728] [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Heroin is a synthetic opioid with an extensive illicit market leading to large numbers of people becoming addicted. Heroin users often present to community treatment services requesting detoxification and in the UK various agents are used ...
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Risperidone, which is one of the most commonly prescribed second-generation antipsychotics can cause several sexual adverse effects. To date, research on the sexual side effects of risperidone has been mostly restricted to symptoms of decreased libido ...
Mohammadreza Shalbafan +2 more
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Ampakine compounds have been shown to reverse opiate-induced respiratory depression by activation of amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid (AMPA) glutamate receptors.
Dian Xiao +6 more
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Illicit drug use and cerebral microbleeds in stroke and transient ischemic attack patients [PDF]
Background: Cerebral microbleeds (CMB) signal cerebral small vessel disease and are associated with ischemic stroke (IS) incidence, recurrence, and complications.
Abbas, Saleh +10 more
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Narcotics Addiction and Its Treatment [PDF]
The ongoing mythologizing of the poet in both criticism and, as recently in a play produced by Wasa teater (Vasa), is reductive, and needs to be confronted.
Winick, Charles
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For downloading the full-text of this article please click here. Background and Objective: Considering the fact that few domestic and international studies have examined the role of spirituality in mental health and tendency to addition, the present ...
Seyed Aghil Nasimi +3 more
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