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OPIUM ADDICTION

Archives of Internal Medicine, 1929
The data to be presented in a series of papers, of which this is the first, have been obtained from studies of persons addicted to opium or its derivatives who have applied for treatment at the Narcotic Wards of the Philadelphia General Hospital. These wards are maintained by the city of Philadelphia and have no relationship to law enforcement agencies.
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Effect of Opium Addiction on Diabetes

American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 2008
Type 2 diabetes is a common disorder that is recognized as a major health problem in Iran. Diabetes is a major cause of morbidity, mortality, and economic burden to the society. Some people believe that smoking opium can reduce serum glucose and lipids in diabetes mellitus.
Maryam Rashidi   +1 more
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Increasing the Risk of Stroke by Opium Addiction

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, 2019
Stroke is among the leading causes of mortality and morbidity in the world. Besides the identified risk factor, Ischemic stroke evidence show drug use develops or exacerbates the atherosclerotic process. The current study aimed at comparing cerebrovascular ultrasounds' changes in addicted and nonaddicted people who developed ischemic stroke.In the ...
Omid Mehrpour   +2 more
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The iceberg of opium addiction an epidemiological survey of opium addiction in a rural community

Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 1978
As part of a medico-social survey in a rural population in the northern part of Iran, data concerning opium users was collected from randomly chosen households. The addiction rate was found to be 69/1000. The rate of registered addicts in the same population is 11/1000.
A.A. Alemi, M.M. Naraghi
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Opium Addiction among Indochinese Refugees in the United States: Characteristics of Addicts and Their Opium Use

The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 1991
The Problem Opium addiction was prevalent in the United States from the early 1800s to the early 1900s, when about 250,000 opiate-dependent persons lived in the United States [1]. After the Narcotic Act of 1914, opium addiction essentially disappeared from the United States until it reappeared among Indochinese refugees during the last decade [2]. This
J, Westermeyer   +3 more
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Opium Availability and the Prevalence of Addiction in Asia

British Journal of Addiction, 1981
SummaryEpidemiologic data collected by several investigators in numerous communities of Asia indicate that the role of a community vis‐a‐vis opium production and commerce strongly influences the prevalence of addiction. Poppy producing communities tend to have the highest crude prevalence rates (i.e., over 6 addicts per 100 people).
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Opium addiction and its treatment

The Irish Journal of Medical Science, 1936
Although the method is based upon a discarded hypothesis we found in actual practice that blister serum was a valuable method of denarcotisation, particularly in the milder types and degrees of addiction. It depends for its efficiency upon the production of sensitisation, which seems to be of a temporary nature.
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