The Effects of Opium Addiction on the Immune System Function in Patients with Fungal Infection [PDF]
Addiction and Health, 2016 Background: The use of narcotics such as opium exposes addicts as susceptible targets of different diseases so that they might easily be exposed to different diseases such as fungal infections.
Seyyed Amin Ayatollahi-Mousavi +4 more
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Effects of Opium Addiction and Cigarette Smoking on Hematological Parameters [PDF]
Addiction and Health, 2016 Background: The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of opium addiction and cigarette smoking on the complete blood count (CBC).Methods: Eighty-six male subjects, including 31 opium-addicted cigarette smokers (OACS), 19 opium-addicted
Gholamabbas Shahabinejad +4 more
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Is opium addiction a risk factor for ischemic heart disease and ischemic stroke? [PDF]
Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, 2012 Background: The main source of studies about effects of opium consumption on heart and brain attacks originates from Iran Therefore the aim of the present study was to assess opium addiction as a probable influencing factor for ischemic heart disease and
Mohammad Reza Rezvani, Kavian Ghandehari
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Opium Addiction: Practical Issues in ICU. [PDF]
Indian J Crit Care Med, 2021 How to cite this article: Das AK, Sharma A, Kothari N, Goyal S. Opium Addiction: Practical Issues in ICU. Indian J Crit Care Med 2021;25(9):1082-1083.
Das AK, Sharma A, Kothari N, Goyal S.
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Association of prior opium addiction with incident non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: A case-control study. [PDF]
PLoS ONEBackgroundNon-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a prevalent chronic liver condition with no approved pharmacological treatments. Given opium's potential metabolic effects on lipid profiles, blood pressure, and glucose levels, factors known to ...
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Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Biology, 2019 Drug abuse remains a serious health and social threat in the world. According to the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) 1n 2010, an estimated 16.5 million people use opium or its derivatives illicitly (1). Meanwhile, Iran has the first rank
Hossein Ghahremani +2 more
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A prospective cohort study of cutaneous leishmaniasis risk and opium addiction in south eastern Iran. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Opium addiction and cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) are endemic in different parts of Iran, particularly in Bam, where a massive earthquake occurred. This study was designed to compare the incidence rate and severity of CL cases among opium addicted and non-
Mohammad Reza Aflatoonian +8 more
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Bilateral Wrist Drop Due to Lead Poisoning in a Young Woman With Opium Addiction [PDF]
Clinical Medicine Insights: Case Reports, 2022 Farhad Gholami +2 more
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Scientific ReportsPrevious studies have reported inconsistent findings regarding paternal addiction to cigarettes, alcohol, and opium with psychological distress in youths.
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The Relationship between Opium Addiction and the Severity of Atherosclerosis, Lipid Profile, Inflammatory Cytokines, and Renal Function in Non-diabetic Patients Subjected to Angiography [PDF]
Journal of Kerman University of Medical Sciences, 2022 Background: Despite traditional beliefs about the beneficial effects of opium use, current evidence suggests an adverse effect of this substance on cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors.
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