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Opium trade and the spread of HIV in the Golden Crescent

Harm Reduction Journal, 2017
The Golden Crescent region of South Asia—comprising Afghanistan, Iran, and Pakistan—is a principal global site for opium production and distribution. Over the past few decades, war, terrorism, and a shifting political landscape have facilitated an active
Syeda Ayesha Farooq, Mohammad Hafiz Rasooly, Syed Hani Abidi, Kayvon Modjarrad, Syed Ali   +4 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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Which Patients With Dysfunctional Voiding Respond Well to Sacral Neuromodulation? ICI‐RS 2025

Neurourology and Urodynamics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aims Dysfunctional voiding (DV) is characterised by fluctuating or intermittent urinary flow during voiding in neurologically normal individuals. Given the different definitions used and heterogeneous pathophysiologies, outcomes following sacral neuromodulation/sacral nerve stimulation (SNM/SNS) are variably reported.
Jalesh N. Panicker, Chris Harding, Hashim Hashim, Claire Hentzen, Nikita Bhatt, Arjun Nambiar, Brigitte Schurch, Mathijs de Rijk, Stefania Musco   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

ART adherence changes among patients in community substance use treatment: a preliminary analysis from MACH14

AIDS Research and Therapy, 2012
Background Opiate substitution treatment has been associated with better adherence to lifesaving antiretroviral medications, but the impact of other substance abuse treatment on adherence is unknown.
Rosen Marc I, Black Anne C, Arnsten Julia H, Simoni Jane M, Wagner Glann J, Goggin Kathleen, Remien Robert H, Golin Carol E, Wang Yan, Bangsberg David, Liu Honghu H   +10 more
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Neonatal abstinence syndrome: Pharmacologic strategies for the mother and infant. [PDF]

, 2016
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., Kraft, Walter K., Stover, Megan W.   +2 more
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Nurses' Experiences of Pain Management for Patients With Diagnosed Mental Health Conditions: A Systematic Review

Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim To synthesise the available evidence related to nurses' pain assessment and management practices for patients with diagnosed mental health conditions. Design Mixed‐methods systematic review. Data Sources Medline, CINAHL, PsycINFO, SPORTDiscus and Psychology and Behavioural Sciences Collection.
Aaron Lapuz Alejandro, Yvonne Middlewick, Seng Giap Marcus Ang, Rosemary Saunders, Irene Ngune   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Integrated treatment of hepatitis C virus infection among people who inject drugs: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial (INTRO-HCV)

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2019
Background A large proportion of people who inject drugs (PWID) living with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection have not been treated. It is unknown whether inclusion of HCV diagnostics and treatment into integrated substance use disorder treatment and ...
Lars T. Fadnes, Christer Frode Aas, Jørn Henrik Vold, Christian Ohldieck, Rafael Alexander Leiva, Fatemeh Chalabianloo, Svetlana Skurtveit, Ole Jørgen Lygren, Olav Dalgård, Peter Vickerman, Håvard Midgard, Else-Marie Løberg, Kjell Arne Johansson, for the INTRO-HCV Study Group   +13 more
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Primary Care Practitioners' Approaches to Deprescribing Opioids for Older Adults With Chronic Pain: A Qualitative Analysis

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Risks related to long‐term opioid therapy for chronic pain are high and may increase over time with aging. Deprescribing may be a beneficial intervention for older adults prescribed chronic opioids. Methods Semi‐structured interviews with hypothetical clinical cases of older adults prescribed opioids for chronic pain: (1) low‐risk ...
Brianna X. Wang, Julia H. Lindenberg, Shoshana J. Herzig, Mara A. Schonberg, Timothy S. Anderson   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Combination interventions to prevent HCV transmission among people who inject drugs: modelling the impact of antiviral treatment, needle and syringe programs, and opiate substitution therapy [PDF]

, 2013
BackgroundInterventions such as opiate substitution therapy (OST) and high-coverage needle and syringe programs (HCNSP) cannot substantially reduce hepatitis C virus (HCV) prevalence among people who inject drugs (PWID).
Aspinall, Bukten, Cornish, David J. Goldberg, De Angelis, Degenhardt, Dore, Durier, Gane, Grebely, Guinness, Hellard, Hickman, Liu, Lozano, Macarthur, Martin, Martin, Martin, Martin, Matthew Hickman, Micallef, Natasha K. Martin, Nelson, Nordt, Peter Vickerman, Poordad, Sharon J. Hutchinson, Shepard, Sweeting, Turner, Vickerman, Vickerman   +32 more
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Resisting Psychopathologies of Dominance and Authoritarianism: From Trumpian Dystopia to Better Tomorrows

Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background The world and mental health nursing face several crises that, in different ways, reflect problems of dominance. Global politics are afflicted with a growth of support for right‐wing ideologies associated with domineering authoritarian leaders.
Michael Haslam, Mick McKeown
wiley   +1 more source