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Evaluation of Sociodemographic Determinants in Narcotic Users Referring to Center for Methadone Maintenance Therapy of Yazd, Iran

Journal of Community Health Research, 2012
Introduction: Addiction is a habit or behavior that is often hard to quit. It is estimated that 190 million persons are substance users around the world. Substance abuse creates tolerance after a while.
M.H. Lotfi, M.R Vafaeinasab, M. Alimi, F. Beyzi   +3 more
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Recovery Capital Gains May Precede Craving Reduction in Opioid Use Disorder

Substance Abuse and Rehabilitation, 2023
Nicholas L Bormann,1 Andrea N Weber,2,3 Benjamin Miskle,2,4 Stephan Arndt,2,5 Alison C Lynch2,6 1Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic Health System, Albert Lea, MN, USA; 2Psychiatry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA; 3Internal Medicine ...
Bormann NL, Weber AN, Miskle B, Arndt S, Lynch AC   +4 more
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Predicting health-related quality of life (EQ-5D-5 L) and capability wellbeing (ICECAP-A) in the context of opiate dependence using routine clinical outcome measures: CORE-OM, LDQ and TOP

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 2018
Background Economic evaluation normally requires information to be collected on outcome improvement using utility values. This is often not collected during the treatment of substance use disorders making cost-effectiveness evaluations of therapy ...
Jasmine Peak, Ilias Goranitis, Ed Day, Alex Copello, Nick Freemantle, Emma Frew   +5 more
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A baseline audit of opiate substitution therapy and 12-week retention in treatment

European Psychiatry, 2007
Background:The National Treatment Agency has set 12-week retention as an outcome measure for the treatment of opiate addiction. Both methadone and buprenorphine show research evidence of efficacy in this condition. To ensure that these medications are being used optimally, we performed a baseline audit in two drug treatment services in North East ...
A. Akioye, R. Cohen
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Itraconazole-induced Torsade de Pointes in a patient receiving methadone substitution therapy [PDF]

, 2009
Issues. Methadone, a pharmacological agent used to treat heroin dependence is relatively safe, but may cause cardiac arrhythmias in the concurrent presence of other risk factors. Approach and Key Findings.
Narayanan, S., Robson , Noorzurani, Vicknasingam, B.   +2 more
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Firsthand Opiates Abuse on Social Media: Monitoring Geospatial Patterns of Interest Through a Digital Cohort [PDF]

, 2019
In the last decade drug overdose deaths reached staggering proportions in the US. Besides the raw yearly deaths count that is worrisome per se, an alarming picture comes from the steep acceleration of such rate that increased by 21% from 2015 to 2016 ...
Bajardi, Paolo, Balsamo, Duilio, Panisson, André   +2 more
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A comprehensive overview on Kratom [PDF]

, 2016
Kratom (Mitragyna speciosa Korth) is a tropical tree, indigenous to South East Asia. Historically, the plant is locally used as a stimulant, a remedy in traditional medicine and in social context.
Acciavatti, T., Bersani, F. S., Cinosi, E., Corazza, O., Demetrovics, Z., Di Giannantonio, M., Farkas, J., Kapitány-Fövény, M., Li, J. H., Lupi, M., Marini, S., Martinotti, G., Piazzon, G., Roman-Urrestarazu, A., Santacroce, R., Simonato, P., Singh, D., Vicknasingam, B., Yu, W. J.   +18 more
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Twenty years of the methadone treatment protocol in Ireland: reflections on the role of general practice

Harm Reduction Journal, 2019
Background Opioid dependence, characterised by socio economic disadvantage and significant morbidity and mortality, remains a major public health problem in Ireland. Through the methadone treatment protocol (MTP), Irish general practice has been a leader
Ide Delargy, Des Crowley, Marie Claire Van Hout   +2 more
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Measuring Health and Broader Well-Being Benefits in the Context of Opiate Dependence: The Psychometric Performance of the ICECAP-A and the EQ-5D-5L [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND: Measuring outcomes in economic evaluations of social care interventions is challenging because both health and well-being benefits are evident. The ICEpop CAPability instrument for adults (ICECAP-A) and the five-level EuroQol five-dimensional
Bennett, C, Coast, J, Copello, A, Day, E, Freemantle, N, Frew, E, Goranitis, I, Seddon, J   +7 more
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Characteristics of women on opioid substitution therapy in primary healthcare in Tshwane (South Africa): a retrospective observational study

BJGP Open
Background: Women who use drugs face specific challenges compared with men such as higher rates of HIV infection, unsafe injecting practices, and intimate partner violence (IPV).
Daniela S Goeieman, Robert Mash, Natasha R Gloeck, Andrew Scheibe   +3 more
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