Few stimulant drug users receive adequate treatment. This cross-sectional study describes the characteristics of female drug offenders that use stimulants and clarifies the factors related to the awareness of treatment for drug dependencies. We included 80 females imprisoned due to stimulant control law violations from 2012 to 2015. The characteristics of the female prisoners were stratified ac...

Clinical trials and clinical studies, using patented drugs and drugs off patent, provide data that impact the best treatment practices for substance abuse and dependence. In the United States, medications have been approved for use in the treatment of both alcohol and opioid dependence. Medications are used in the detoxification from drug abuse and dependence in the symptomatic relief of withdr...

Objectives: The follow-up treatment or rehabilitation and monitoring of patients with drug abuse disorders require an efficient tool with a convenient and short-time implementation to measure psychological aspects of dependence. The Leeds Dependence Questionnaire (LDQ) has such features; thus, the present study aimed at evaluating the validity and reliability of its Persian version. Methods: T...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between depression and illicit drug dependence among a Latin-American population. METHOD illicit drug dependent patients (n = 137) and controls (n = 274) were interviewed using the Diagnostic Interview for Genetic Studies, in order to detect lifetime and current depressive disorder and illicit (cocaine, cannabis or inhalan...

Background: Although unapproved by the FDA for treating insomnia, trazodone is commonly prescribed in US partly due to lack of scheduling, hence it’s perceived as safer than z-drugs and benzodiazepines. This study investigated abuse/dependence potential safety risks. Methods: Cases involving or benzodiazepines (temazepam, triazolam, estazolam) frequently insomnia were identified from Adverse Ev...