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Background People with substance use disorders generally have unhealthy diets, including limited intake of fruit and vegetables. Evidence shows substantial health benefits from increasing fruit and vegetable consumption on various indicators and possibly
Lars T. Fadnes +10 more
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Background Treatment of opiate addiction with opiate substitution treatment (e.g. methadone) is beneficial. However, some individuals desire or would benefit from abstinence but there are limited options to attenuate problems with opiate withdrawal ...
L. M. Paterson +8 more
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BackgroundOpiate addiction is a major health problem in many countries. A crucial component of the medical treatment is the management of highly aversive opiate withdrawal signs, which may otherwise lead to resumption of drug taking.
Rahimah Hassan +6 more
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Differences in depression severity and frequency of relapses in opiate addicts treated with methadone or opiate blocker after detoxification [PDF]
Background/Aim. Relapse of opiate dependence is a common occurrence after detoxification and introduction of opiate addicts in abstinence from opiates. Clinical evaluation showed that over 90% of opiate addicts exhibit depressive manifestations during
Jovanović Tatjana +2 more
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Introduction There is a paucity of knowledge and understanding of medical error in opioid substitution treatment programmes. Objectives To characterise patient safety incidents involving opioid-substitution treatment with methadone or buprenorphine ...
R. Gibson +5 more
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Heroin overdose - suicide or accident? [PDF]
Background/Aim. Suicide is a public health problem. Due to frequent overdose among drug addicts, there is a question about suicidality in this population. The aim of this study is to determine the specificity and distinctive factors in opiate addicts who
Dragišić Tatjana +5 more
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Introduction: Substitution treatment is recommended by the WHO as an effective form of curbing and abstaining from opiate use and improvement of psychosocial functioning of drug addicted persons.
Magdalena Nalaskowska +1 more
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Dynamic modelling of hepatitis C virus transmission among people who inject drugs: a methodological review [PDF]
Equipment sharing among people who inject drugs (PWID) is a key risk factor in infection by hepatitis C virus (HCV). Both the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of interventions aimed at reducing HCV transmission in this population (such as opioid ...
Cousien, Anthony +5 more
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Neonatal abstinence syndrome: Pharmacologic strategies for the mother and infant. [PDF]
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
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Neurobehavioral consequences of chronic intrauterine opioid exposure in infants and preschool children: a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]
<b>Background</b><p></p> It is assumed within the accumulated literature that children born of pregnant opioid dependent mothers have impaired neurobehavioral function as a consequence of chronic intrauterine opioid use.<p>&
A Baldacchino +86 more
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