Comparison of Recovery Capital in Patients with Alcohol and Opioid Dependence – An Exploratory Study [PDF]
Addiction and Health, 2022 Background: Recovery capital helps in the assessment of the personal strengths and challenges that exist in an individual with substance use which may have an impact on recovery process.
Apinderjit Kaur +3 more
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Drug abuse and serum nutritional biomarkers: A retrospective cohort study
Revista Española de Nutrición Humana y Dietética, 2021 Introduction: Drug abuse is a public health problem around the globe. Its implications in human health are harmful, compromising nutritional status.
Alfonso Daniel Silva Ochoa +5 more
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A Systematic Review of Opioid Use Disorder and Related Biomarkers
Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2021 The objective of this systematic review is to examine the relationship between opioid use disorder (OUD) and its related biomarkers, as well as the effects of pharmacotherapy for OUD on biomarkers.
Bianca M. Bryant, Ellen Eaton, Li Li
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THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND THE OPIOID CRISIS IN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Khyber Medical University Journal, 2021 Deaths from drug overdose have been on a stark rise. In 2019, 72,000 people died from a drug overdose in the US, a 5% increase since 2018.1 In New Jersey alone, the drug overdose-related deaths have increased by 17% in the first half of 2020.2 It is ...
Muhammad Aadil, Muhammad Atif Ameer
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A target-controlled infusion regimen for reducing remifentanil-induced coughs [PDF]
Korean Journal of Anesthesiology, 2012 BackgroundThis study evaluates the effectiveness of the target-controlled infusion (TCI) of remifentanil through stepwise increases in the effect-site concentration (Ceff) in preventing coughs.MethodsIn a preliminary study, we randomly selected 140 ...
Jong-Yeop Kim +4 more
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Pattern and severity of substance use in help-seeking adolescents of North-East Part of India
Journal of Mental Health and Human Behaviour, 2023 Background: Adolescence is a transitional phase between childhood and adulthood, in which both physical and psychological aspects are involved in the process of growth and development.
Anju Moni Rabha, Kamala Deka
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Perceived Stigma among Injecting Drug Users: New Evidence from an Observational Study in an Opioid Substitution Therapy Centre of Kolkata, India [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2023 Introduction: Injecting Drug Users (IDUs) are one of the highrisk groups for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Opioid Substitution Therapy (OST) is a targeted intervention for IDUs.
Manika Pal +2 more
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A retinal contribution to opioid-induced sleep disorders?
Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2022 Chronic opioid use is linked to persistent and severe sleep/wake disturbances in patients. These opioid-related sleep problems increase risk for developing opioid dependence, mood disorders and in turn overdose in chronic pain patients receiving opioid ...
Nikolas Bergum +3 more
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School Environmental Factors and Prescription Opioid Misuse in the United States: Evidence from the 2019 National Survey [PDF]
International Journal of School Health, 2022 Background: Given the current public health crisis caused by prescription opioid misuse amongadolescents across the United States, this study analyzed factors in the school environmentassociated with prescription opioid misuse in adolescents in the ...
Kingsley Kalu +2 more
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International Journal of Clinical Practice, 2022 Introduction. Patients under methadone maintenance treatment programs (MMTPs) are susceptible to numerous complications (e.g., mental and metabolic disorders). This study evaluated the effects of probiotics on clinical symptoms, biomarkers of oxidative stress, inflammation, insulin resistance, and serum lipid content in patients receiving MMTPs ...
Nader Molavi +10 more
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