Treating heroin addiction: bridging the past and future a Malaysian experience by Robson, Noor Zurani, Rashid, R., Nazar, M., Habil, H.

Predisposing, enabling and need factors of heroin addicts’ using prescribed methadone or buprenorphine for a year or longer: An exploratory study of drug treatment for heroin addicts in the Swedish welfare system by Nilsson Marcus Blom, Lundgren Lena M., Chassler Deborah

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A study on intravenous drug use and aids knowledge among heroin addicts /

CORRELATIONS BETWEEN AWARENESS OF ILLNESS (INSIGHT) AND HISTORY OF ADDICTION IN HEROIN-ADDICTED PATIENTS by Angelo Giovanni Icro eMaremmani, Angelo Giovanni Icro eMaremmani, Luca eRovai, Fabio eRugani, Matteo ePacini, Matteo ePacini, Francesco eLamanna, Silvia eBacciardi, Giulio ePerugi, Giulio ePerugi, Joseph eDeltito, Joseph eDeltito, Liliana eDell'Osso, Icro eMaremmani, Icro eMaremmani, Icro eMaremmani

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TREATMENT OF HEROIN ADDICTION WITH METHADONE IN THE CENTREFOR PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF ADDICTION OF ILLICIT DRUGSLOGATEC by Jasna Čuk Rupnik

“…They had children in30.8 % and they had a partner in the treatment with methadone in 23 % CONCLUSIONS The results of the research give the possibilities for better understanding and improvedacceptance of the patients, treated because of heroin addiction by methadone…”
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Clonidine improved laboratory-measured decision-making performance in abstinent heroin addicts. by Xiao-Li Zhang, Gui-Bin Wang, Li-Yan Zhao, Li-Li Sun, Jun Wang, Ping Wu, Lin Lu, Jie Shi

“…A single high-dose of clonidine improved the decision-making performance in heroin addicts. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: Our results suggest clonidine may have a potential therapeutic role in heroin addicts by improving the impaired impulsive decision-making. …”
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THE VALUE OF SOME CLINICAL AND DYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF HEROIN ADDICTION IN EVALUATION OF THE PROGNOSIS OF DISEASE by SH.M. GULYAMOV

“…Objective: To study and provide the clinical and dynamic characteristics of heroin addiction and their impact on the prognosis of the disease and formulate the recommendations to improve the narcological care. …”
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Post-Traumatic Risk Factors in Heroin Addiction Patients Undergoing Substitution Treatment by Firas Abbas Fadhil

“…This research therefore focused on studying post-traumatic risk factors in heroin-addiction patients undergoing substitution treatment through cross-sectional study. …”
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Measurement of early maladaptive schemas in heroin addicts treated with methadone in north of Morocco by Semlali Wafae Idrissi, Tarik Ghailan, Ahmed Ahami, Fatima-Zahrae Azzaoui, Khadija Karjouh, Khaoula Mammad

“…The aim of this work measuring EMS in heroin addicts undergoing methadone treatment as well as making a comparison between the activation of the schemas before and after treatment. …”
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Different Olfactory Perception in Heroin Addicts Using Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging by Shirin Haghshenas Bilehsavar, Seyed Amir Hossein Batouli, Mohammad Soukhtanlou, Sasan Alavi, Mohammad Ali Oghabian

“…Methods: In this experiment, we recruited 20 heroin addicts and 20 normal controls of the same sex, age, handedness, and socioeconomic status and compared their brain function while perceiving non-craving odors during the functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). …”
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Peer learning among a group of heroin addicts in India : an ethnographic study by Dhand, A

“…<p>This is an ethnographic account of peer learning among a group of heroin 'addicts' in Delhi, India. This study responds to the limited attention given to 'naturalistic' or 'informal' peer learning patterns in the educational literature, and the lack of explicit exploration of the phenomenon among drug user populations. …”

Proteomic analysis of saliva in HIV-positive heroin addicts reveals proteins correlated with cognition. by Stephen S Dominy, Joseph N Brown, Mark I Ryder, Marina Gritsenko, Jon M Jacobs, Richard D Smith

“…This study presents a longitudinal, liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry-based quantitative proteomics study investigating saliva samples taken from 8 HIV-positive (HIV+), 11 -negative (HIV-) heroin addicts. In addition, saliva samples were investigated from 11 HIV-, non-heroin addicted healthy controls. …”
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Metabolomics analysis reveals how water extract of Gastrodia elata helps against heroin addiction by Liang Li, Haijie Cao, Jieyan Li, Haixue Kuang, Zhengzheng Zhou, Qiuhong Wang

“…To investigate the metabolomics changes and potential metabolic mechanisms of water extract of Gastrodia elata (WGE) in the treatment of heroin addicted mice. Sixty male Kunming mice were randomly divided into four groups as control group (n = 10), heroin addicted group (n = 10), natural withdrawal group (n = 10), and GE treatment group (500, 1000, 2000 mg/kg, n = 30). …”
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Buprenorphine Outpatient Outcomes Project: can Suboxone be a viable outpatient option for heroin addiction? by Charmian D. Sittambalam, Radhika Vij, Robert P. Ferguson

“…Conclusion: Overall, Suboxone is an effective treatment method for heroin addiction and is a viable outpatient therapy option. …”
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Oscillatory local field potentials of the nucleus accumbens and the anterior limb of the internal capsule in heroin addicts by Ge, S, Geng, X, Wang, X, Li, N, Chen, L, Zhang, X, Huang, Y, Li, Y, Chen, Y, Wang, S, Gao, G

“…<strong>Significance</strong> The study illustrates the neurophysiologic characteristics of heroin addiction and its comorbidities, providing a potential theoretical basis for optimizing deep brain stimulation (DBS) therapy.…”

Validity and reliability study of Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale (HADS) in heroin addicts population in Malaysia by Abd Rashid, R., Irnee, W.A., Zahari, M.A., Nordin, A.S.A., Sulaiman, A.H., Robson, N.Z., Peters, H., Said, M.A., Harun, N., Rahim, A., Habil, H.

Assessment of DNA damage in the heroin addicted population of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan using alkaline comet assay by Muhammad Jawad, Muhammad Zahid, Faheem Ullah, Mudassir Shah, Abdul Wahab, Muhammad Ismail Khan

Subjects: “…heroin addicted population…”
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Association of frontal gray matter volume and cerebral perfusion in heroin addiction: A multimodal neuroimaging study by Niklaus eDenier, André eSchmidt, Hana eGerber, Otto eSchmid, Anita eRiecher-Rössler, Gerhard eWiesbeck, Christian G. Huber, Undine E. Lang, Ernst-Wilhelm eRadue, Marc eWalter, Stefan eBorgwardt, Stefan eBorgwardt

“…However, the relationship between structural and cerebral blood flow (CBF) changes in heroin addiction has not yet been investigated. Moreover, it is not known whether there is any interaction between the chronic structural changes and the short and long term effects on per-fusion caused by heroin. …”
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Metabolic and functional substrates of impulsive decision-making in individuals with heroin addiction after prolonged methadone maintenance treatment by Qian Lv, Miao Zhang, Haifeng Jiang, Yilin Liu, Shaoling Zhao, Xiaomin Xu, Wenlei Zhang, Tianzhen Chen, Hang Su, Jiangtao Zhang, Heqiu Wang, Jianmin Zhang, Yuanjing Feng, Yongqiang Li, Biao Li, Min Zhao, Zheng Wang

Subjects: “…Heroin addiction…”
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Somatic health among heroin addicts before and during opioid maintenance treatment: a retrospective cohort study by Brekke Mette, Skeie Ivar, Lindbæk Morten, Waal Helge

“…Most probably these findings reflect somatic health improvement among heroin addicts during OMT.</p>…”
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