Opioid-Related Disorders
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Substance use among Iranian cardiac surgery patients and its effects on short-term outcome.

30 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: We assessed the prevalence of substance use among patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft and valve surgery in northwest Iran. We evaluated the postoperative complications and in-hospital mortality of patients with substance ... Read more...

The clinical efficacy and abuse potential of combination buprenorphine-naloxone in the treatment of opioid dependence.

29 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: Opioid dependence is a chronic relapsing condition for which long-term opioid substitution treatment (OST) is effective. However, safety and community acceptance of OST is compromised by diversion of prescribed medication. The ... Read more...

Cocaine vaccine for the treatment of cocaine dependence in methadone-maintained patients: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled efficacy trial.

29 Sep 2009 CONTEXT: Cocaine dependence, which affects 2.5 million Americans annually, has no US Food and Drug Administration-approved pharmacotherapy. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the immunogenicity, safety, and efficacy of a novel cocaine vaccine to treat cocaine ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Opioid-Related Disorders'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Substance use among Iranian cardiac surgery patients and its effects on short-term outcome. 30 Oct 2009
• The poppies of Afghanistan. 30 Oct 2009
• The clinical efficacy and abuse potential of combination buprenorphine-naloxone in the treatment of opioid dependence. 29 Sep 2009
• Cocaine vaccine for the treatment of cocaine dependence in methadone-maintained patients: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled efficacy trial. 29 Sep 2009
• Regulatory colleges to set painkiller guidelines. 19 Sep 2009
• Ontario takes aim at painkiller abuse. 19 Sep 2009
• Opioid prescribing challenges doctors. 19 Sep 2009
• Prescription opioids and physician responsibility. 30 Aug 2009
• Economic burden of prescription opioid misuse and abuse. 30 Aug 2009
• Multiply organ dysfunction syndrome due to tramadol intoxication alone. 30 Aug 2009
• A selection model for longitudinal binary responses subject to non-ignorable attrition. 28 Aug 2009
• Alpha2-receptor agonists for treatment and prevention of iatrogenic opioid abstinence syndrome in critically ill patients. 16 Aug 2009
• Number of addictive substances used related to increased risk of unnatural death: a combined medico-legal and case-record study. 2 Aug 2009
• [Mechanisms of opioid-induced overdose: experimental approach to clinical concerns] Aug 2009
• Injection of medications used in opioid substitution treatment in Australia after the introduction of a mixed partial agonist-antagonist formulation. Aug 2009
• Pharmacy lock-in program promotes appropriate use of resources. 30 Jul 2009
• The epidural works, but the patient hurts! Acute pain management of the chronic pain patient. 30 Jul 2009
• Buprenorphine medication versus voucher contingencies in promoting abstinence from opioids and cocaine. 30 Jul 2009
• Opium consumption and the risk of traffic injuries in regular users: a case-crossover study in an emergency department. 30 Jul 2009
• Opioid dependence treatment: options in pharmacotherapy. 30 Jul 2009

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Technical information about 'Opioid-Related Disorders'

Definition: Disorders related or resulting from abuse or mis-use of opioids.

Descriptor UI: D009293

Alternative terms: Opioid-Related Disorders; Disorder, Opioid-Related; Opiate Dependence; Dependence, Opiate; Opiate Addiction; Addiction, Opiate; Narcotic Abuse; Abuse, Narcotic; Abuses, Narcotic; Narcotic Abuses; Narcotic Dependence; Dependence, Narcotic; Narcotic Addiction; Addiction, Narcotic;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C21.739.675; F03.900.675;

History Note: 98(80)

Technical Notes: hospitals, chronic disease coordinate IM with specific narcotic (IM) but note MORPHINE DEPENDENCE & HEROIN DEPENDENCE are available