drug abuse is prevalent in all countries across the world and  induces variety of adverse effects (1). health problems arising from drug abuse commonly cause significant health challenges in the affected population and deteriorate many aspects of the patients’ performance and quality of life. comorbidities are discovered in 60 to 75% of addict patients, suffering from various drug-related disor...

Drug abuse is prevalent in all countries across the world and  induces variety of adverse effects (1). Health problems arising from drug abuse commonly cause significant health challenges in the affected population and deteriorate many aspects of the patients’ performance and quality of life. Comorbidities are discovered in 60 to 75% of addict patients, suffering from various drug-related disor...

This review describes a comprehensive investigation focusing on syntheses of analytical reagents, followed by their utilization in development of analytical methods, and leading to practical applications for rational use of medicaments centering on abused drugs. Many kinds of analytical reagents for fluorescence and chemiluminescence detections have been synthesized with the intention of improv...

objective: the present study aimed to determine the frequency of drug abused in a sample of university students in rafsanjan, iran. methods: in this cross-sectional study, 1,260 students volunteered (311 males and 949 females) with mean age of 21.35 years. data were collected by a self-administrated questionnaire regarding drugs abuse and demographic information. results: benzodiazepines were t...

Drugs of abuse such as opioids and stimulants share a common dopaminergic reward pathway; however, in response to continual intermittent exposure to such drugs, there are neuronal alterations leading to changes in behavior. Regulators of G protein signaling (RGS) are proteins that negatively regulate G protein signaling and are expressed in brain areas important for the pharmacology of abused d...