Protective and restorative effects of the traditional Chinese medicine Jitai tablet against methamphetamine-induced dopaminergic neurotoxicity by Shasha Xu, Shaoang Tu, Jinlong Gao, Jia Liu, Zhirui Guo, Jinming Zhang, Xingdang Liu, Jianhui Liang, Yiyun Huang, Mei Han

“…The Jitai tablet (JTT), a commercial traditional Chinese medicinal preparation, has been shown to modulate the dopaminergic function both in heroin addicts and in morphine-dependent rats. The purpose of this study was to investigate, in a rodent model, whether JTT can protect against METH-induced neurotoxicity, and/or restore METH-damaged dopaminergic function. …”
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Toward the Identification of a Specific Psychopathology of Substance Use Disorders by Angelo G. I. Maremmani, Angelo G. I. Maremmani, Angelo G. I. Maremmani, Pier Paolo Pani, Luca Rovai, Luca Rovai, Silvia Bacciardi, Icro Maremmani, Icro Maremmani, Icro Maremmani

“…These same results were replicated by applying the PCA to another Italian sample of 1,195 heroin addicts entering a Therapeutic Community Treatment. …”
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Glymphatic-System Function Is Associated with Addiction and Relapse in Heroin Dependents Undergoing Methadone Maintenance Treatment by Lei Wang, Yue Qin, Xiaoshi Li, Xin Li, Yuwei Liu, Wei Li, Yarong Wang

“…The findings suggest that MMT may contribute to promoting brain GS recovery in heroin addicts, and modulation of the GS may serve as a potential biomarker for relapse risk, providing insights into novel therapeutic strategies.…”
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Factors Influencing Drug Injection History among Prisoners: A Comparison between Classification and Regression Trees and Logistic Regression Analysis by Azam Rastegari, Ali Akbar Haghdoost, Mohammad Reza Baneshi

“…Subjects without the history of heroin use or heroin users with short-term imprisonment were at lower risk of drug injection. Among heroin addicts with long-term imprisonment, individuals with higher age at first drug use and married subjects were at lower risk of drug injection. …”
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Route of Drug Abuse and Its Impact on Oral Health-Related Quality of Life among Drug Addicts by Aditi Sharma, Simarpreet Singh, Anmol Mathur, Vikram Pal Aggarwal, Neha Gupta, Diljot Kaur Makkar, Manu Batra, Deeksha Gijwani

“…Poor OHRQOL was observed among addicts who consumed drugs in inhalation since a long time irrespective of the type of the drug, but among them heroin addicted subjects had the poorest OHRQOL. Conclusion: OHRQOL was poor among the drug addicts in comparison to general population. …”
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Serum amyloid A renal amyloidosis in a chronic subcutaneous ("skin popping") heroin user by Chad Cooper, Jorge E. Bilbao, Sarmad Said, Haider Alkhateeb, Jorge Bizet, Ahmed Elfar, Olinamyr Davalos, Ana T. Meza, German T. Hernandez

“…Conclusions: AA renal amyloidosis among heroin addicts seems to be associated with chronic suppurative skin infection secondary to "skin popping". …”
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Enhancement of tolerance development to morphine in rats prenatally exposed to morphine, methadone, and buprenorphine by Ho Ing-Kang, Yan Jia-Ying, Lee Cynthia, Hung Tsai-Wei, Chiang Yao-Chang

“…This study provides a reference in selecting doses for clinical usage in treating pregnant heroin addicts.</p>…”
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Inhibition of Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3β Activity in the Basolateral Amygdala Disrupts Reconsolidation and Attenuates Heroin Relapse by Yuanyang Xie, Yuanyang Xie, Yingfan Zhang, Ting Hu, Ting Hu, Zijin Zhao, Zijin Zhao, Qing Liu, Qing Liu, Haoyu Li, Haoyu Li

“…Exposure to a heroin-associated conditioned stimulus can reactivate drug reward memory, trigger drug cravings, and induce relapse in heroin addicts. The amygdala, a brain region related to emotions and motivation, is involved in processing rewarding stimulus. …”
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Calidad de vida de pacientes con dependencia a heroína de un centro de atención de drogodependencias de Medellín (Colombia) Qualidade de vida de pacientes com dependência a heroína... by Andrés Felipe Tirado Otálvaro, Matilde Álvarez Gómez, Juan David Velásquez Tirado, Luz Helena Lugo Agudelo, Luis Fernando Giraldo Ferrer, Ana María Suarez Bermúdez, Julieth Wiedemann Rivera

“…Cross sectional epidemiological study. 40 heroin addicts in the different stages of treatment: dishabituation, social reinsertion and maintenance program with methadone were interviewed in 2009. …”
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13th National Congress of the South African Society of Psychiatrists, 20-23 September 2004 by Eugene Allers, Christer Allgulander, Sean Exner Baumann, Charles L Bowden, P Buckley, David J Castle, Beatrix J Coetzee, Franco Colin, A M Dikobe, Charl Els, Robin Emsley, Senathi Fisha, A E Gangat, T Goba, Gerhard Grundling, Jürgen Harms, S M Hawkridge, Erick Hollander, M L Janet, A B R Janse van Rensburg, Shabeer Ahmed Jeeva, J A Joska, Andre Joubert, Sean Z Kaliski, V N Khanyile, Fred Kigozi, B Levinson, Marilyn Lucas, E N Madela-Mntla, M Y H Moosa, Piet Oosthuizen, Ted Parran, A Pauw, Willie Pienaar, Felix Potocnik, Ramovha Rachel, J. L Roos, Steven P Roose, Martin Scholtz, Soraya Seedat, M Spitzer, Dan J Stein, Ugash Subramaney, Dave Swingler, Christopher Paul Szabo, Godfrey B Tangwa, Michael Trimble, H van der Bijl, L M van der Merwe, Vasi van Deventer, C W van Staden, W J C Verbeeck, G C Verster, Merryll Vorster, Bruce Lydiard

“…New religious movements and psychiatry: The Good News V H Hitzeroth 26. The pregnant heroin addict: Integrating theory and practice in the development and provision of a service for this client group V H Hitzeroth, L Kramer 27. …”
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(Mis)treating Substance Use Disorder With Prison by Kaitlin Puccio

“…Lesser crimes such as shoplifting often co-occur with drug use (for example, a heroin addict stealing needles). In these cases, it is likely that but for the addiction, the crime would not have occurred. …”
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The Psychos Are Coming, the Psychos Are Coming … They’re Already Here by Edmund Weisberg

“…Homosexual males, identified as a high-risk group, bore the brunt of societal bigotry at the onslaught and through much of the epidemic, though others at high risk, including Haitians, hemophiliacs, and heroin addicts (intravenous drug users)—leading to the 4Hs designation of the denigrated (with “hookers” sometimes substituted for hemophiliacs)—were not spared.[3] Although withering judgments have moderated with time and HIV has become more of a chronic than acute condition for those with access to the proper drugs, the discovery of the cause of the virus—a zoonotic infection transmitted from chimpanzee to human in colonial Cameroon over 100 years ago—is certainly decades too late in most senses for those who were maligned for having contracted the disease.[4] Even today, the U.S. …”
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