Introduction: Various substances of abuse are known to cause specific cutaneous manifestations. Cutaneous manifestations associated with the use cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin, marijuana, alcohol, anabolic steroids, and general signs drug abuse, including stigmata injection use, infectious complications, vascular complications. However, literature on same is very limited from Indian subcontin...

Introduction: indiscriminate use of opioids has increased dependency disorder and been linked to half a million deaths worldwide in the last year. This justifies exploration alternative therapies for treatment addiction overdose emergencies. Specific monoclonal antibodies have produced morphine its metabolites analytical identification tests biological fluids from experimental development vacci...

OBJECTIVES Substance use disorders have become a major public health problem in Bangladesh. We sought to assess the pattern of substance use and related factors among hospitalized patients. METHODS This was a descriptive study that included 105 patients. All patients who were admitted to a private drug de-addiction clinic in Dhaka, Bangladesh, between 1 July and 31 December 2013 and diagnosed...

BACKGROUND Genetic influences contribute significantly to co-morbidity between conduct disorder and substance use disorders. Estimating the extent of overlap can assist in the development of phenotypes for genomic analyses. METHOD Multivariate quantitative genetic analyses were conducted using data from 9577 individuals, including 3982 complete twin pairs and 1613 individuals whose co-twin wa...

This commentary discusses the main findings of the research study by Friedman et al. entitled, "Gender Differences in Criminality: Bipolar Disorder with Co-occurring Substance Abuse." Moreover, it shows that the role of substance use should be determined in studies that assess outcomes among co-occurring disorders, such as bipolar disorder and criminal behavior. High rates of substance-related ...

Substance use disorders are widely recognized as one of the most pressing global public health problems, and recent research indicates that environmental factors, including access and exposure to substances of abuse, neighborhood disadvantage and disorder, and environmental barriers to treatment, influence substance use behaviors. Racial and socioeconomic inequities in the factors that create r...

INTRODUCTION Antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) is commonly associated with the risk of criminal recidivism. Knowing more about the factors associated with this pattern of behaviour can help with the design of effective prevention strategies. The purpose of this article is to establish if there are differences in socio-criminogenic variables of a group of criminals sentenced for the first t...

Introduction Tianeptine is prescribed as an antidepresant in Europe. The prescription drug produced tianeptine sodium. However, it can also be found on the Internet sulfate sold a nootropric. Misuse of sodium has been documented, but there’s little scientific evidence use. Objectives Review use without prescription. Present clinical report Methods PubMed review tienptine Clinical patient using ...