BACKGROUND Anesthesia induction in patients with current substance abuse can be a challenge for anesthesiologists. OBJECTIVES This study aimed to evaluate the effect of adding Sufentanil to Bupivacaine on duration of brachial plexus nerve block. PATIENTS AND METHODS One hundred and twenty patients with (Groups C and D) and without (Groups A and B) a history of opium abuse (60 in each group)...

BACKGROUND Ischemic stroke is a major cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide. Various studies on the etiology of this disease are in progress. Some studies have suggested that opium abuse may is associated with increased risk of ischemic stroke. The present study aimed to analyze the frequency of opium addiction and to compare cerebrovascular ultrasound patients' changes to non-addicts. M...

first undisputed reference to "poppy juice" is found in the writings of Theophrastus in the third century B.C. the word opium being derived from the Greek word for "juice" the drug being obtained from the juice of the poppy Papaver sominiferum Arabian physicians were well versed in its uses and introduced the plant to the Orient Paracelsus, circa 1500, is credited with repopularising the drug i...

Background: Today, the society’s need to find the roots of a few thousand-year old substance abuse and the drugs addiction crisis has increased to the extent that it has become a problem within our country. The problem of substance dependence is not only about drug abuse, but it is actually the interrelationship of the person and the dependency on drugs. This study aimed to compare early malada...

Introduction: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a highly prevalent sleep-disordered breathing (SDB).   Case Report: Two 53- and 51-year-old male cases with daytime sleepiness and opium abuse and severe sleep apnea and long respiratory events duration (200 and 275 seconds respectively) noted in polysomnography were reported at Ebn-e-Sina and Razavi hospita...

Giroud et al. (1) recently described the discovery of 2C-B (4-bromo-2,5-dimethoxyphenethylamine, Figure 1 [[A]) as a new psychoactive phenethylamine in Ecstasy tablets sold on the Swiss black market. Here we would like to report the circumstances of the Dutch market that partly confirm the situation in Switzerland. Unfortunately, the marketing of new phenylalkylamine psychotropics is common pra...

this article reviewed the addictive substance programmes in iran and around the world. for this aim method, some of studies regarding epidemiology of substance abuse in iran and demographic characteristics of iranian substance abusers were reviewed. these studies revealed that although the rate of substance abuse in iran were increased but during different years it had fluctuated. also some unp...

background: opium is one of the most commonly abused opiates in developing countries including iran. considering the importance of maternal health on the newborn, we aimed to assess the effect of opium abuse on fetal heart rate (fhr) characteristics in a sample of pregnant women in zahedan, southeast iran. methods: this cross-sectional study was done on 100 pregnant women referring to ali-ibn-a...

Introduction: To examine the effects of opium dependence and cigarette smoking on semen quality and sperm parameters, the semen quality of men who abuse opiates and/or smoke cigarettes was investigated in a retrospective study. Methods: Male partners of 1325 infertile couples attending the infertility clinic for intrauterine insemination (IUI) procedure were divided into non-smoking non-op...

Introduction: Three basic strategies against substance abuse are control of distribution, treatment of dependents and prevention. Recent years experiences have shown the significant importance of prevention. Considering the decrease in age of substance abuse onset, parents’ knowledge about this phenomenon and consequently its early prevention and control in the family is very important. Method:...