aim and background: the present study examined the predictability of quality of life (qol) based on personality traits and demographic characteristics of drug addicts. methods and materials: in the current descriptive, cross-sectional study, 200 individuals were randomly selected from addicts who referred to drug addiction treatment centers in tehran (iran). the world health organization qualit...

objectives: early maladaptive schemas are valid representations of unpleasant childhood experiences that shape a person’s viewpoints of the world, and lead to clinical symptoms such as depression, personality disorders, and substance abuse. given the importance of this matter, we conducted a research on early maladaptive schemas in substance-abusers, to allow more appropriate preventive measure...

immunoassay, whereas the Syva and Genix assays are one-step immunochromatographic assays for rapid detection of opiates in urine with a cutoff concentration of 300 mg/L. Information about rifampin cross-reactivity with these immunoassays was not available from the manufacturers. The only reported interference for rifampin is with the opiates kinetic interaction of microparticles in solution (KI...

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conclusions the obtained results showed that hcv infection was an alarming problem among opiate users in the eastern part of turkey. it is suggested to rapidly diagnose the infected persons; thus preventive measures and appropriate control may limit further transmission of these infections. background hepatitis b, hepatitis c and hiv infections constitute serious healthcare problems worldwide. ...

Ultra-low-dose opioid antagonists, when combined with opiates, increase the analgesic efficacy and duration of analgesia of the opiate. This enhanced and prolonged analgesia was recently demonstrated in a 350-patient Phase II clinical trial of Oxytrex, a novel drug candidate that combines oxycodone with an ultra-low dose of the opioid antagonist naltrexone. Extensive preclinical data also show ...

PURPOSE We tested the hypothesis that prescription coverage affects the prescribing of long-acting opiates to indigent inner city minority patients with cancer pain. MATERIALS AND METHODS We conducted a chart review of 360 patients treated in the Oncology Practice at University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey University Hospital, who were prescribed opiate pain medications. Half the p...

abstract the present study examined the relationship between personality traits and marital adjustment in methadone maintained drug addicts and non addicts. the population of the study consists of male (n-52) addicts and non-addicts (n=52), randomly selected through sampling procedure. cloninger’s temperament and character inventory questionnaire (tci-56) and dyadic adjustment scale (das) were ...