conclusions opium was not identified as a risk factor of ischemic stroke. a more extended survey considering further confounding factors is recommended. background one of the supposed risk factors of ischemic stroke is opium addiction, while the researches about its prevalence among patients with stroke are limited. objectives the aim of this study was comparing the prevalence of opium addictio...

background :impact of substance abuse on outcome of hospitalized patients with acute myocardial infarction (mi) is a frequent question. available studies show disagreements over its impact, thus we performed this study to find a clear answer.   methods : in a cross sectional study, 304 patients (include 152 consecutive opium dependents and equal number of independents) with acute mi admitted to...

background: the effects of opium dependence on prognosis and short term outcome of patients with acute myocardial infarction (ami) are not clear yet. methods: from march 2004 to august 2004 all male patients admitted with diagnosis of ami were enrolled. patients who fulfilled dsm- iv-tr criteria were chosen as opium dependent patients (odp). demographic data, risk factors, peak enzyme levels, l...

Background: Many psychiatric patients have nicotine and other substance dependence. Objective: To determine the prevalence of nicotine and opium dependence among psychiatric in-patients inKerman, a city in southwesternIran. Methods: Three groups of psychiatric inpatients, chronic medical patients and a sample from local population, each including 400 subjects were selected.  Nicotine dependence...

background: many psychiatric patients have nicotine and other substance dependence.   objective: to determine the prevalence of nicotine and opium dependence among psychiatric in-patients inkerman, a city in southwesterniran.   methods: three groups of psychiatric inpatients, chronic medical patients and a sample from local population, each including 400 subjects were selected.  nicotine depend...

BACKGROUND Opium dependence is one of the most challenging health problems in the developing countries as well as Iran. Among several health problems due to opium dependence, there are limited reports indicating the presence of lead in opium. The aim of this study is to investigate the blood lead level (BLL) in oral and inhalational opium dependents and its association with anemia. MATERIALS ...

introduction: to examine the effects of opium dependence and cigarette smoking on semen quality and sperm parameters, the semen quality of men who abuse opiates and/or smoke cigarettes was investigated in a retrospective study. methods: male partners of 1325 infertile couples attending the infertility clinic for intrauterine insemination (iui) procedure were divided into non-smoking non-opium (...

BACKGROUND Opium-dependence having different effects on the nervous system is a common problem, especially in the Middle East and Iran. The aim of this study is evaluating the effects of opium-dependence on visual evoked potential (VEP) in men. METHODS Thirty subjects with both chronic cigarette smoking and opium-dependence (group 1) and 30 subjects with only chronic cigarette smoking (group ...

Abstract Background: Opium-dependence having different effects on the nervous system is a common problem, especially in the Middle East and Iran. The aim of this study is evaluating the effects of opium-dependence on visual evoked potential (VEP) in men. Methods: Thirty subjects with both chronic cigarette smoking and opium-dependence (group 1) and 30 subjects with only chronic ciga...

glutathione s-transferases (gsts; ec: 2.5.1.18) are a ubiquitous family of eukaryotic and prokaryotic phase ii metabolic isozymes. genes encoding gstm1 (omim: 138350), and gstt1 (omim: 600436) are members of class mu and theta, respectively. the most common polymorphism in the gstm1 is a deletion of the whole gstm1 gene with a lack of enzyme activity. a homozygous deletion in the gstt1 has also...