BACKGROUND/AIM A study of morphological lesions in the liver of heroin addicts enables a precise overview of the type and degree of the liver damages caused by intravenous (i.v.) heroin abuse, additive effects of viral infections and alcohol consumption, as well as whether the expressiveness of these lesions depends on the duration of the time period of heroin application. The aim of the study ...

background: this study was done to test the notion that opium can reduce serum lipids and decrease the risk of ischemic heart disease (ihd) in opium addicts; we made a comparison between the lipid profiles of opium addicts and non-addicts.   methods: in this study, we compared 100 male opium addicts (according to the icd-10 criteria) who had referred to addiction treatment centers with 75 healt...

Conflicting results, both decreased and increased, have been reported concerning the function of T-lymphocytes in heroin addicts. We investigated the alterations of T-lymphocyte proliferative responses and immunophenotypic markers on lymphoid cells in heroin addicts and during different periods of heroin withdrawal in addicted subjects. This study has demonstrated a decrease in the response of ...

BACKGROUND Adiponectin, an adipocyte-derived protein, modulates a number of metabolic processes. Methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) changes the level of hormones produced by adipose tissue in addicts. However, current data remains contradictory. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of MMT on serum adiponectin levels in drug addicts. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twenty-fiv...

Andrew K.S. Ho, Raymond C.A. Chen and J. Michael Morrison* Peoria School of Medicine, University of Illinois, Peoria, Illinois, and National Institute on Drug Abuse, Rockville, Maryland. * This work was supported by a contract from NIDA ADM-45-74220. The authors wish to thank Drs. Monique Braude, Lou Harris, Mary Jean Kreek, Elliot Vessel and Charles Schuster for valuable suggestions, and encou...

objectives: this study intends to evaluate marital adjustment of the addicts in isfahan na groups and their couples. methods: in this cross-sectional analytic-descriptive study, two centers were randomly selected among all of the na groups in isfahan in 2012. in the next stage, 40 addicts (both male and female) who were randomly selected from each center as well as their couples were asked to p...

Alcoholics, heroin addicts and normal controls were asked for their degree of preference for the two lateral (left, right) sides during their performance of unilateral activities involving one of the four paired organs, hand, foot, eye and ear. Side-bias was assessed by a questionnaire, with 22 items for hand preference, and five items each for foot, eye and ear preference. Group difference was...