maintenance treatment for patients with acute myeloid leukemia (aml) in remission has recently been controversially discussed and even abandoned by several groups. an analysis of 16 published multicenter trials, however, revealed the highest probabilities of relapse free survival (rfs) in the range of 35-42 % at 4-5 years only in patients assigned to maintenance treatment when adult age and int...

background: methadone is considered a long-acting opioid agonist which is widely used in the treatment of drug addiction. it is believed that opioids can cause erectile dysfunction (ed) by inhibiting gonadotropin and testosterone release. this study is aimed at defining the possible effects of conservative treatment with methadone on erectile dysfunction in the addicts. methods: a total of 382 ...

addiction to the illicit and prescribed use of opiate is an alarming public health issue. studies on addictive disorders have demonstrated severe nutritional deficiencies in opiate abusers with behavioral, physiological and cognitive symptoms. opiate addiction is also link with a significant number of diseases including human immunodeficiency virus (hiv), hepatitis c virus (hcv) and other blood...

background: addiction to narcotics ‎can cause serious problems and ‎monetary losses. therapeutic ‎success can be predicted ‎through identifying lapse risk ‎factors.‎ objective: determining job risk ‎factor of lapse.‎ methods: this was a cross ‎sectional study on 351 addicts ‎visiting five methadone clinics. a ‎data collection sheet consisting ‎of questions on demographic ‎and job information wa...

background and aims: sexual dysfunction is a common complaint among drug abusers in the treatment with methadone and buprenorphine. the aim of this study was to assess sexual dysfunction in patients undergoing methadone or buprenorphine for maintenance therapy. methods: this research was a cross-sectional study. a 3-parts questionnaire (demographic questions, international index of erectile fun...

objective : the study evaluated the efficacy and safety of vaginal rogesterone on prevention of recurrent preterm labor. materials and methods: total number of 70 patients with preterm labor treated with intravenous magnesium sulfate in perinatology department of valiasr hospital entered to a randomized clinical trial. treatment group after inhibition of preterm labor with magnesium sulfate rec...

background; methadone maintenance therapy (mmt) is an evidence-based approach for opiate addiction treatment. while its effectiveness in reducing opiate use has been evidently verified, unanswered questions with respect to the cultural scenarios for mmt programs remain unanswered. this study was conducted to explore understanding address mmt initiation among a women-recruited sample of persons ...