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On drug treatment and social control: Russian narcology's great leap backwards

Harm Reduction Journal, 2008
The medical discipline of narcology in Russia is a subspecialty of psychiatry from the Soviet era and it is given warrant to define the scope of health activities with regard to alcohol and other drug use, drug users, and related problems.
Drucker Ernest, Elovich Richard
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The experience of long-term opiate maintenance treatment and reported barriers to recovery: A qualitative systematic review [PDF]

, 2013
Background/Aim: To inform understanding of the experience of long-term opiate maintenance and identify barriers to recovery. Methods: A qualitative systematic review.
Annie Blyth, Bahna G, Ball JC, Berridge V, Caitlin Notley, Conner KO, De Maeyer J, De Maeyer J, De Maeyer J, Gibson B, Gold ML, Gossop M, Gourlay J, Higgins J, Jarvinen M, Jarvinen M, Jean Craig, McIntosh J, McKeganey N, Moher D, Neale J, Pani PP, Parsons T, Peles E, Richard Holland, Rosenbaum M, Segall A, Skinner ML, Sun AP, Vigilant LG, Vigilant LG, Vivienne Maskrey   +31 more
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A Study to Validate a Self-Reported Version of the ONS Drug Dependence Questionnaire [PDF]

, 2011
Aim: A prospective study to establish the reliability of a self-completion version of the Office for National Statistics (ONS) questionnaire for assessing drug dependence of substance misuse clients.
Christo G., Darke S., Gossop M., Jehanli A., Lundy A., Luty J., M. Uddin, Marsden J., McLellan A. T., Poole W. K., R. Holland, Rosen C. S., Schwartz R. H., Sherman M. F., Simpson D. D., Singleton N., V. Maskrey, Vivancos R.   +17 more
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HCV epidemiology in high-risk groups and the risk of reinfection [PDF]

, 2016
Injecting risk behaviours among people who inject drugs (PWID) and high-risk sexual practices among men who have sex with men (MSM) are important routes of hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission.
Dalgard, Olav, Lo Re III, Vincent, Macias, Juan, Midgard, Havard, Palmateer, Norah, Pineda, Juan A., Weir, Amanda   +6 more
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Individual and structural correlates of willingness for intravenous buprenorphine treatment among people who inject sublingual buprenorphine in France

Harm Reduction Journal, 2021
Background Some people do not benefit from oral administration of opioid agonist treatment, and an intravenous (IV) formulation may be more suitable. Our objective was to evaluate the willingness of people who regularly inject sublingual buprenorphine to
Salim Mezaache, Patrizia Carrieri, Laélia Briand-Madrid, Virginie Laporte, Alain Morel, Daniela Rojas Castro, Perrine Roux   +6 more
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Buprenorphine added on brief cognitive behavioral therapy for treatment of methamphetamine use disorder [PDF]

, 2018
Background: Methamphetamine (MA) use remains a major public health concern around the world. Recent findings suggest that buprenorphine may be helpful for cocaine use reduction. Moreover, animal studies described reduced dopamine peak effect following MA
Dean AJ, Hassani-Abharian P, Hollister LE, Karimlou M, Kirchmayer U, Kosten TR, Mello NK, Nejati V, Raistrick D, Rothenberg JL,     +10 more
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Prevalence and correlates of suicide attempts in high-risk populations: a cross-sectional study among patients receiving opioid agonist therapy in Norway

BMC Psychiatry, 2022
Background Death by suicide in patients enrolled in opioid agonist therapy (OAT) is a major clinical concern. However, little knowledge exists regarding suicide attempts in this patient group.
Jørn Henrik Vold, Else-Marie Løberg, Christer F. Aas, Jan Alexander Steier, Kjell Arne Johansson, Lars Thore Fadnes   +5 more
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Integration of smoking cessation into standard treatment for patients receiving opioid agonist therapy who are smoking tobacco: protocol for a randomised controlled trial (ATLAS4LAR)

Trials, 2022
Background About 85% of patients receiving opioid agonist therapy (OAT) for opioid dependence are smoking tobacco. Although smoke-related pulmonary diseases are significant contributors to morbidity and mortality, few smoking cessation interventions are ...
Karl Trygve Druckrey-Fiskaaen, Einar Furulund, Jan Tore Daltveit, Jørn Henrik Vold, Torgeir Gilje Lid, Tesfaye Madebo, Lars Thore Fadnes, for the ATLAS4LAR Study Group   +7 more
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Opioid regulation of Mu receptor internalisation: relevance to the development of tolerance and dependence [PDF]

, 2010
Internalisation of the mu opioid receptor from the surface of cells is generally achieved by receptor occupancy with agonist ligands of high efficacy. However, in many situations the potent analgesic morphine fails to promote internalisation effectively ...
Lopez-Gimenez, J.F., Milligan, G.
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Harm reduction among injecting drug users - evidence of effectiveness [PDF]

, 2010
This chapter synthesises and evaluates the available direct evidence relating to the impact of needle and syringe programmes (NSPs), opioid substitution treatment (OST), drug consumption rooms (DCRs), and peer naloxone distribution (PND) on HIV/hepatitis
Goldberg, David, Hickman, Matthew, Hutchinson, Sharon, Kimber, Jo, Palmateer, Norah, Rhodes, Tim   +5 more
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