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This retrospective study aims to determine whether there is a difference in the additional consumption of alcohol between addicts treated with methadone or dihydrocodeine (DHC) and untreated addicts injecting heroin. 1,685 patients a[...]
Auteur K. MEYER
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ENGLISH : Concomitant consumption of benzodiazepines (BZDs) and opioids is a major problem in patients with opioid dependence. It may have substantial impact on morbidity, mortality and clinical course. The current retrospective study aims to [...]
ENGLISH : Injection drug users (IDUs) are the largest group of persons infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV), with a prevalence of 50%-90%. The transmission of HCV is not the effect of the drug injected but of sharing contaminated equipment. F[...]
M. BACKMUND ; K. MEYER ; M. WACHTLER ; D. EICHENLAUB | 2003
Dans European Journal of Epidemiology (Vol.18, n°6, June 2003) Article : PériodiqueBackground: Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infection is the most common disease among intravenous drug users (IDUs). Patients and method: All patients admitted to the detoxification unit 1991-1997 and meeting ICD-10 diagnosis of opioid dependency were [...]
FRANÇAIS : La douleur thoracique et l'infarctus du myocarde apparus chez des sujets jeunes avec une angiographie des artères coronaires normale est bien documentée. Les opiacés ont un effet cardiaque protecteur et sont utilisés dans les crises[...]
D. F. MUSTO ; D. T. COURTWRIGHT ; R. L. DUPONT ; A. GOLUB ; J. H. JAFFE ; B. D. JOHNSON ; JONNES J. ; H. D. KLEBER ; KROGH E. ; R. J. MACCOUN ; K. MEYER ; D. P. MOYNIHAN ; P. REUTER ; SATEL S. ; R. S. SCHOTTENFELD ; W. L. WHITE | 2002
LivreENGLISH : It began as a cough suppressant. In 1898, the Bayer Company commercially introduced heroin - the trademarked name for diacetylmorphine - to every corner of the Earth. Contrary to common assertion, heroin was not recommended for treat[...]
Up to 1999 more opioid dependent patients in Germany were substituted with codeine or dihydrocodeine (summarised as codeine) than with methadone. The current retrospective study compares the differences in detoxification treatment outcome for co[...]
ENGLISH : Background/Aim: Injection drug users (IDUs) have a high risk of acquiring an HIV Infection. To improve counseling and prevention, a better understanding of risk factors and predictors for an infection must be gained. This retrospecti[...]
