AIMS To characterize the natural history of methamphetamine withdrawal during the first 3 weeks of abstinence. DESIGN Cross-sectional study with comparison group. Setting A substance use treatment facility in Chiang Mai Province, Thailand. PARTICIPANTS The sample comprised 21 in-patients undergoing treatment for methamphetamine dependence. Nine age- and sex-matched non-dependent individuals...

Objective To assess the clinical course of patients with methamphetamine-induced psychotic disorder (MIPD) and any possible predictors of the clinical course in a 3-month follow-up. Methods This prospective cohort study included 50 patients (7 female, 43 male) with MIPD and was performed from September 2014 to October 2015. Patients were assessed during hospitalization and in a follow-up visi...

Objective: Methamphetamine (MA) is a substance that heavily abused worldwide. This present study aimed to investigate the association between patterns of methamphetamine use and psychiatric symptoms in patients upon admission at The National Rehabilitation Center, Lido Bogor.
 Methods: was cross-sectional MA abusers during period January 2016–December 2018 Lido, Bogor. done by assessing me...

Citation: Loftis JM (2015) Commentary: Methamphetamine mediates immune dysregulation in a murine model of chronic viral infection. A commentary on Methamphetamine mediates immune dysregulation in a murine model of chronic viral infection The recent article by Sriram et al. (2015) is one of the first studies to evaluate the effects of methamphetamine on peripheral T cell responses, in the contex...

Previous studies demonstrated that tolerance to the long-term neurotoxic effects of methamphetamine on dopamine neurons could be induced by pretreating with multiple injections of escalating doses of methamphetamine. The mechanism(s) underlying this tolerance phenomenon is unknown. Some recent studies suggested that aberrant vesicular monoamine transporter-2 (VMAT-2) and dopamine transporter fu...

UNLABELLED The methamphetamine molecule has a chiral center and exists as 2 enantiomers, d-methamphetamine (the more active enantiomer) and l-methamphetamine (the less active enantiomer). d-Methamphetamine is associated with more intense stimulant effects and higher abuse liability. The objective of this study was to measure the pharmacokinetics of d-methamphetamine for comparison with both l-m...

methamphetamine (ma) is a potent, addictive psychostimulant that has dramatic effects on the central nervous system (cns). the onset of methamphetamine use has been linked to heightened attention, and chronic methamphetamine use has been associated with deficits in different aspects of attention that can significantly persist into abstinence. attention deficits in chronic methamphetamine users ...