conclusions the results showed that having an addicted husband could strongly affect some sexual domains in women. it could change the pattern of desire and motivation for sexual contact in females and alter their attitude toward the sexual relationship, thereby causing disturbances in the females’ normal sexual function. results according to the results, the frequency of hypoactive sexual desi...

objective: the aim of this study was to examine the difference of early maladaptive schemas and parenting origins in opioid abusers and non-opioid abusers. method: the early maladaptive schemas and parenting origins were compared in 56 opioid abusers and 56 non-opioids abusers. schemas were assessed by the young schema questionnaire 3rd (short form); and parenting origins were assessed by the y...

background: a good proportion of poisoned patients treated at poisoning wards are elderly. this study was designed to evaluate the epidemiologic pattern of acute poisoning in elderly in hamadan, western iran. methods: in this retrospective cross-sectional study, poisoned patients aged 60 years and older treated at department of poisoning of farshchian hospital from march 2008 to march 2013 were...

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...

results the most common drug used by 48 women (81.35%) was th eopium, followed by crack(8.47%), heroin (1.69%), methadone (1.69%)and cannabis (1.69%). mean age of the first time experience of cigarette smoking was 17.11 ± 9.22 years. also, the mean age of the first time drug substance use was 27.62 ± 10.46 years and the mean duration of drug use was 5.2 ± 12.0 years. among studied women, 74.57%...

post-operative pain and its management remains one of the most important issues in the field of surgery and health care system. on the other hand, opioid drug abuse has a large prevalence in iran. formalin test has been used as a method for assessing pain and analgesia in rats. in the present study, the post-operative pain in morphine addicted rats was compared with that of non-addicted ones us...

background illicit opiate use has an increasing incidence and prevalence, which increases mortality and morbidity, marginalization, and criminal behaviors, and causes major adverse effects on society. objectives this study aimed to investigate and follow the outcome of patients who underwent ultrarapid opiate detoxification (urod) prospectively. patients and methods in this randomized clinical ...

post operative pain and its control remains one of the most important issues in the field of surgery and health care system. formalin test has been used as a method for assessing pain and analgesia in rats. systemic and spinally administered clonidine, an ?2-adrenergic agonist, is proved to enhance postoperative analgesia. it has also been shown that morphine-dependent rats experience more chro...

background: high prevalence of risky behaviors in alcohol dependents have been shown in several studies, but correlation between alcohol abuse and risky behaviors and relapse in patients with opiate dependence has been less investigated. this study aimed to determine the effect of alcohol abuse in rate of risk-taking behaviors in opiate dependents patients treated on maintenance program in nort...