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OPIUM ADDICTION

Archives of Internal Medicine, 1929
Abrupt withdrawal of morphine from human addicts is practically always associated with loss of weight during the manifestation of the so-called "withdrawal symptoms." During this period, the addicts invariably refuse to take any nourishment, their water intake is practically negligible and increased perspiration is noted. It is the object in this paper
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Effect of Opium Addiction on Diabetes

The 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.
Laila, Azod   +4 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 and lead poisoning

Journal of Substance Use, 2011
Background: Exposure to lead is usually considered only when a patient's history points to well-known traditional sources of lead. Although the incidence of lead poisoning has declined, the new forms of this type of poisoning still exist. Recently, unusual causes of chronic lead poisoning such as substance abuses have been described.
Kambiz Soltaninejad   +2 more
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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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PHYSIOLOGIC ASPECTS OF OPIUM ADDICTION

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1931
The etiology and subsequent events attendant on addiction to opium or such of its derivatives as are known to be habit forming are quite clear. Its continued use will most certainly at some time be followed by a distinct euphoria, so intense that few, if any, who have ever experienced it can resist the desire for its return.
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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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