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Opium use during pregnancy and infant size at birth: a cohort study
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2018 Background The reported positive association between opiatic drug use during pregnancy and adverse pregnancy outcomes might be confounded by other factors related to high-risk behaviors, including the use of other harmful substances.
Siavash Maghsoudlou +6 more
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Opium intoxication in children under 5 years old, Golestan- Iran (2006-07)
مجله دانشگاه علوم پزشکی گرگان, 2010 Background and Objective: Opium usage for sedating/relieving from diarrhea or cough causes a public health problem. In the northeast of Iran (Golestan province), opium is used widely for symptomatic therapy of routine illnesses in young children.
Besharat S (MD) +4 more
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, 2017 The clash between Great Britain and China in 1839 to 1842 was not only a typical 19th-century imperial war but also the first major conflict in which psychoactive substances played a central role. The hostilities resumed in 1856 to 1860, when Britain used the seizure of the trading ship Arrow in October 1956, near Canton, as an excuse to employ ...
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A Review on Hematological Factors in Opioid-Dependent People (Opium and Heroin) after the Withdrawal Period [PDF]
Addiction and Health, 2010 Background: Long-term use of opioids has acute effects on homeostasis of the body. Discovering the impacts of opioids on hematological parameters of narcotics withdrawal and dependents blood may be helpful in recognizing the homeostasis condition
Tahereh Haghpanah +2 more
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Response to thrombolytic agents in acute myocardial infarction in opium abusers versus non-abusers
Journal of Research in Pharmacy Practice, 2012 Objective: Coronary artery disease is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in populations. In opium abusers, level of circulating coagulation factors differs from non-abusers. The aim of this study was to evaluate response to thrombolytic
Seyed Mohammad Hashemi Jazi +2 more
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Investigating the role of opium consumption in the severity, and outcome of COVID-19
BMC Infectious DiseasesBackground The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has become a major challenge to healthcare systems and public health policies globally. Older adults and those with underlying diseases such as hypertension and diabetes are more susceptible to ...
Fatemeh Amin +5 more
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Indian Journal of PsychiatryBackground: Historically and culturally, natural opium is considered less harmful in comparison to heroin/pharmaceutical opioids, but the evidence regarding this is limited and mostly indirect.
Mukesh Kumar Swami +8 more
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Opium induces apoptosis in Jurkat cells via promotion of pro-apoptotic and inhibition of anti-apoptotic molecules [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences, 2016 Objective(s): The aim of this study was to determine the important molecules involved in apoptosis induction by opium in Jurkat cell line. Materials and Methods: Jurkat cells were incubated 48 hrs with2.86×10-5 g/ml concentration of opium and apoptosis ...
Mohammad Kazemi Arababadi +1 more
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