...Liam S. Acheson; Christopher Gordon; Rebecca McKetin; Jonathan Brett; Michael Christmass; Craig Rodgers; Nicholas Lintzeris; Adrian Dunlop; Michael Farrell; Steven Shoptaw; Nadine Ezard; Krista J. Siefried Introduction: Sleep disturbance is common during methamphetamine (MA) use and withdrawal...

... was related with craving for alcohol. The main goal of the trial was to investigate whether an oral calcium administration is able to affect craving, withdrawal, and relapse risk in alcohol-dependent patients. Methods: We conducted a single-blind, randomized, monocentric, controlled clinical two-arm trial...

... psychobiological stress responses. Effects of fasting on stress responses, mood, and withdrawal symptoms among khat users have not been examined. Methods: In this study, 80 individuals completed an ambulatory monitoring period and a laboratory assessment session. Participants who completed the study while fasting...

...), as a potential treatment for drug abuse disorders. The current study was designed to evaluate the effect of OT on withdrawal, craving and anxiety scores, cortisol and dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate (DHEAS) blood level in heroin-dependent male patients. This randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled clinical...

.... The animals were killed 2 h (chronic morphine), 24 h and 7 days (spontaneous withdrawal) after the last injection of morphine. Results: Analysis of our real-time quantitative reverse transcription PCR results by 1-way ANOVA showed significant upregulation (5.13 ± 0.39 folds) of LC levels of the TH transcript...

... in ANP serum levels correlated to CpG methylation of the respective gene promoters on days 1, 7, and 14 of tobacco withdrawal. Results and Conclusion: Compared to non-smokers, promoter-related deoxyribonucleic acid methylation of the ANP promoter was significantly elevated on days 7 and 14 of withdrawal...

...Andrea Svicher; Agnese Beghè; Giacomo Mangiaracina; Fiammetta Cosci Background/Aims: We run Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analyses of the Minnesota Nicotine Withdrawal Scale (MNWS) and of the MNWS-Revised (MNWS-R). Psychometric properties were also explored. Methods: Adult Italian smokers...

...Roberta Agabio; Antonio Preti; Gian Luigi Gessa Background: It has been reported that baclofen, a drug used in the treatment of spasticity, reduces the severity of withdrawal symptoms and substance use disorders (SUDs) for some psychoactive drugs. Aims and Methods: To evaluate the effectiveness...

... serum concentrations change during subacute alcohol withdrawal in patients with alcohol dependence compared to healthy controls. Methods: Fifteen patients (age 48.6 ± 7 years) and 15 healthy age-matched controls (age 48.8 ± 7 years) participated consecutively in a 2-week withdrawal study. Results: Mean...

... as a club drug. In many GHB-dependent patients a severe withdrawal syndrome develops that does not respond to treatment with high dosages of benzodiazepines and often requires an admission to an intensive care unit. Methods: Based on the knowledge of detoxification procedures in opioid and benzodiazepine...

... alcohol-dependent patients (3 females, median age 36 years) undergoing alcohol withdrawal were included. In 18 patients with and 10 without clomethiazole, serum leptin was analyzed at day 1 and day 7 of alcohol withdrawal. Both groups did not differ by age, BMI, or alcohol use characteristics. Results...

... in sourcing GBL from industrial solvents. We report a case of a 24-year-old man who was admitted for detoxification from GBL. He reported having sourced the GBL by diluting the contents of nail varnish remover pads with water. During his admission he developed a severe withdrawal delirium and acute renal...

..., instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Pregnancy Neonatal abstinence syndrome Neonatal Withdrawal Agonist Treatment Prospective Follow-up Methadone Buprenorphine European Addiction Research Research Report Eur Addict Res 2009;15:128 134 DOI: 10.1159/000210042...

...Anthony Glasper; Michael McDonough; Jenny Bearn The emergence of gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB) dependence in the UK is described, with specific reference to a case study of serial episodes of GHB withdrawal. Symptoms are broadly similar to those for alcohol withdrawal, and rapid deterioration...

... the methadone. The fact that they knew others who had failed to quit MMT and low confidence in succeeding were other common answers. Further, our results suggest that patients who were satisfied with their overall drug situation were less inclined to make a withdrawal attempt. 30 1 2002 © 2002 S...

...Michel Lejoyeux; Micheline Claudon; Mary McLoughlin; Jean Adès Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of alcohol-dependent patients with or without physiological dependence (e.g. tolerance to alcohol or withdrawal) were compared. 186 consecutive alcohol-dependent patients hospitalized...

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