OBJECTIVE To compare HCV and HIV infection among heroin addicts in MMT and not in MMT in two large cities in central China. METHODS A total of 541 heroin addicts were recruited from MMT clinics and voluntary detoxification centers in Changsha and Wuhan, China. Structured questionnaires collected data on their socio-demographics, clinical status, risk behaviors, and their knowledge of HIV. The...

Zikir Tarekat Qodiriyah Naqsyabandiyah as an alternative treatment for rehabilitating drug addicts based on several previous studies has shown positive results in the rehabilitation of trainees. Therefore, this article discusses extent to which implementation zikir method Pondok Remaja Inabah (1) Malaysia rehabilitated addicts. Theoretical framework research are concept zikir. The study is qual...

PURPOSE The findings of previous studies attracted our interest in searching and defining the percentage of deaths from cancer in 'heroin regular addicts' i.e. those who had never stopped taking the drug since they started. METHODS The archives of the Greek Reitox Focal Point of the years 2001 to 2010 were retrospectively searched, focusing on the number of deaths from cancer of the regular h...

BACKGROUND Due to its progressive nature in all aspects of life, addiction endangers the health of individuals, families and the society. OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to determine the role of self-regulation and affective control in predicting interpersonal reactivity of drug addicts. MATERIALS AND METHODS This research is a correlation study. The statistical population of this ...

The article examines how recovering drug addicts employ testimonies of conversion and addiction to develop and sustain personal identity and create meaning from varied experiences in life. Drawing on 31 autobiographies of recovering drug addicts we analyze conversion and addiction testimonies in two European contexts (Serbia and the Netherlands, including a sample of immigrants). The analysis s...

Long term follow up of 16 homosexual men and 78 intravenous drug abusers who were chronic carriers of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) showed fundamental differences between the two groups. Viral replication, expressed by the presence of hepatitis B e antigen, lasted for four years or more in 10 out of 14 (71%) of the homosexual men whereas it was not present in 43 out of 73 (59%) of the dru...

BACKGROUND The introduction of antiretroviral therapy has caused a remarkable decrease in the occurrence of diseases and mortality among HIV-positive patients, while this success has not been achieved among injection addicts due to a low adherence to antiretroviral medicine. This study aims at clarifying the important factors affecting adherence to treatment in addicts suffering from HIV. MAT...

doubtlessly one of the major problems in iran is drug abuse or substance abuse. the transmission of hiv/aids has made the problem so complicated that has created an urgent need for a campaign against this awful phenomenon. the objective of this study-that was carried out through the cross-sectional method- is considering the situation of the addict death and the related factors. the target popu...

Introduction: Drug abuse is a public health problem around the globe. Its implications in human are harmful, compromising nutritional status. It has been shown that malnutrition moderately prevalent drug addicts, and prescription significantly beneficial for these patients. Available literature suggests altered blood serum biochemical data addicts. Our study focused on biomarkers addicts who di...

introduction : according to drug gateway theory, smoking cigarette, especially, low onset age of smoking, is one of the risk factors for future use. objective the present study deals with comparison of nicotine addicts and opiate addicts in order to identify that what differences in personality traits and onset age of smoking exist in these two groups that cause some individuals to appeal to ot...