drug use in special populations

... 2a plus ribavirin was 32% overall with 27% in cirrhotics and 14% in African Americans The results of RENEW trial of induction dosing using pegylated alpha 2b plus ribavirin in 650 interferon alpha ... C virus infection: a metaanalysis Clin Infect Dis 2001;33:562-569 Int J Med Sci 2006, 17 Lindsay KL, Trepo C, Heintges T, et al A randomized, double-blind trial comparing pegylated interferon ... patients in special populations, the treatment can be started off with regular dose of pegylated interferon and weight based dosing for ribavirin However, since these populations in general have...

Ngày tải lên: 02/11/2012, 09:48

... so fast" (Rozin 176)? It has nothing to with what sport it is, drugs can have a major effect on it Though the use of drugs seems to be getting greater, the control of them is getting stronger ... stronger too This past summer, in Atlanta, the Olympic Games held its biggest drug crackdown in history In the National Football League, random drug testing is becoming effective There are officials ... one from the beginning"( qtd inVerducci 22) Cocaine took many valued things away from Strawberry: his wives, children, family, baseball, and, of course, money Strawberry has since come clean...

Ngày tải lên: 02/04/2014, 18:00

... testing They were not blind to clinical diagnosis Only brief training was given, as all of them were already experienced in the field There was no specific training concerning the SCCT because ... of variance explained 29% 28% Total variance explained Closing -In Index (CiI): Close -In (CI) Explained variance 100.00 0.00 100.00 0.00 NS 57% Significant values are in bold Because of lack of ... not DcI In the frame of the above, the SCCT is divided into the following three indices and five subscales: (a) Deficit Index (DcI), which includes the following two subscales: (1) Missing Elements...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 01:21

... intended to abstain in the future and those who preferred to continue street drug use We identified five key reasons for street drug use in schizophrenia Drugs were used: • As a identity-defining ... ever gaining employment [30] Loss, rejection and being exploited are experiences that can maintain or escalate drug use [31] Reducing or stopping drug use can be motivated by a change in personal ... for abstinence Our study aimed to elicit factors that maintain illicit drug use However, of the 17 participants reported a current intention to maintain abstinence Reasons included disliking the...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 16:22

... of male users residing in the town The lists containing names of women users were the starting point for the snowball sample Snowball sampling has been used in the UK to contact drug users not ... into general street talk [27] Injecting practice Heroin users in Malindi have developed techniques and social protocols of injecting In late 1999, when many users in the town moved from chasing ... within the midst of mainstream society Heroin users in this Kenyan setting use a mixture of Swahili and English loan words to talk about injecting in particular and heroin use in general [10] Most...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 20:20

... development of interventions The Drug Use Assessment focuses on the nature and extent of drug use – who is injecting drugs and where this occurs, as well as trends in injection drug use over time Finally, ... patients during the Soviet era indicated that the nature of drug use in Vinnitsya has changed dramatically over the past decade In the years following Ukraine's independence, drug use has increased ... International Clinical, Operational and Health Services Research and Training Award IDU – Injection Drug Use IDUs – Injection Drug Users IDU-RAR – Rapid Assessment and Response in Injection Drug Use NEP/SEP...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 20:20

... http://www.capmh.com/content/5/1/17 Introduction European adolescents have increased their alcohol and drug intake during the last decades; in particular binge drinking and cannabis use has grown [1-3] Alcohol and drug use in ... alcohol use and initiation of drug use, as expected [17,19] Conduct problems in early adolescence also appeared to be a major contributor to increased risk for both frequent drinking and drug use in ... education and frequent drinking as well as drug use, was limited and did not alter the main findings in the article Conclusions This study supports the opinion that especially conduct problems,...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 18:21

... use method referred to as ‘skin popping’, as in our patient [10] Skin popping is the injection of narcotics, commonly heroin, just under the skin Black tar heroin is used on the west coast of the ... which was previously called Figure Hematoxylin and eosin staining results Hematoxylin and eosin stain of splenic tissue at 40 × magnification showing amyloid around a blood vessel (arrow) Roll ... appears as pink, amorphous, intercellular material in tissue sections stained with hematoxylin and eosin, can be deposited in any tissue, and may be localized or widespread in its deposition The most...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 03:20

... Prevention in Injection Drug Users in the Southern Cone of Latin America In 1999 Global Research Network Meeting on HIV Prevention in Drug Using Populations Second Annual Meeting Report, NIDA, Washington; ... reported among injection drug users in Argentina and in other Latin American countries [30-33] Comparing changes in drug use between 2001 and 2004, the number of IDUs and drug users stayed stable ... studies investigated the impact of these events on changes in drug use We here describe time use changes between 2001 and 2004 among injecting drug users (IDUs), other drug users, and non-users We use...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 18:20

... study, drug use patterns and the number of drug users have changed, with the numbers of drug users, injectors, and those using heroin as their drug of choice increasing in 2009 [5] In this interval, ... months, duration of injecting, injecting while incarcerated, aspirating and re-injecting blood (khoon bozee), and receiving assistance with injecting Assistance with injecting was assessed with ... incarceration, initiating drug use with injecting, frequency of daily injection, sharing of injecting works in the prior three months, and marginally with being homeless and receipt of prior drug treatment...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 18:20

... significant role in their adolescent drug initiations, the inquiry was broadened to include those areas A prototype of the standardized clinical interview (SCI) became ready for clinical use by July ... cannabinoid CB1 receptors in mood and anxiety disorders Behav Pharmacol 2005, 16:315 Kandel DB: Stages and pathways of drug involvement In Stages and pathways of drug involvement, Examining the ... May 2004 meeting and eventually published in 2005 [1] Meanwhile, the original questions, in somewhat modified form, have been used to screen all new applicants including those seeking annual "renewals,"...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 18:20

... injection syringe(s) Cleaning injection syringe IDUs in San Juan normally rinse a re-used injection syringe by drawing up and expelling a small amount of water (e.g., 40 cc) through the syringe's metal ... of IDUs in San Juan who maintain personal injection syringes but use communal ancillary equipment in shooting galleries and inject drug solutions prepared with other IDUs' injection syringes The ... drug injection practices, each maintaining a personal syringe but engaging in indirect sharing (e.g., using communal cookers and water receptacles, distributing the contents of their syringe...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 18:20

... Methamphetamine use is also increasing rapidly, and while usually smoked, it is increasingly used in combination with heroin, acting as a gateway drug to more addictive opiates [16] IDU have been interviewed ... ever injected drugs [23] Patterns of heroin injecting vary from daily or intermittent use for most Nigerian IDU to frequent binging in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania [13,28] Heroin use now occurs in most ... Lawal R: Drug use and HIV infection in Nigeria: A review of recent findings Afr J Drug Alcohol Stud 2006, 5(2):118-129 Dewing S, Pluddemann A, Myers B, Parry C: Review of injection drug use in six...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 18:20

... buprenorphine, anti-histamine and tranquilizers In Quetta, 58.3% preferred injecting heroin alone, while 41.7% injected heroin in combination with a liquid antihistamine and/or a tranquilizer In both sites, ... Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention, United Nations Office on AIDS: Baseline study of the relationship between injecting drug use, HIV and hepatitis C among male injecting drug users in Lahore ... of Injection Drug Use Among Drug Users in Pakistan J Urban Health 2003, 80(2):321-329 Strathdee SA, Zafar T, Brahmbhatt H, Baksh A, ul-Hasan S: Rise in needle sharing among injection drug users...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 20:20

... chewing in conflict-affected Somalia [25], alcohol drinking among urban internally displaced populations in Colombia [26], inhalation and injection of heroin and opioids among Afghan refugees in ... linked with a number of mental health problems including depression [7] Growing interest in the mental health of populations displaced by conflict in recent years has provided little insight into ... such as work in Afghanistan with injection drug users returning from neighbouring countries [57] One approach for both improving information from conflict-displaced populations and building experience...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 15:21

... of implementing guidelines for Directive 2001/20/ EC relating to good clinical practice in the conduct of clinical trials on medicinal products for human use [3] 5.2 Guidelines on clinical trials ... guidelines containing recommendation on clinical trials for specific indication have to be carefully scrutinized and updated in respect to the requirements for conducting clinical trials in the ... to increase the information available on the use of medicines for children Through increased availability of information, the safe and effective use of medicinal products for children can be increased...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 18:21

... ciprofloxacin resistance in P aeruginosa was significantly higher in medical and interdisciplinary ICUs than in surgical ICUs In contrast, vancomycin resistance in E faecium was significantly higher in ... - the increase in 3GC resistance, which indicates a rise in ESBL-producing bacteria, has been followed by a doubling of carbapenem use that, in turn, might now be followed by an increase in imipenem-resistant ... quinolones prescribed in the outpatient setting in Germany; outpatient antibiotic use accounts for 85% of total antibiotic use [34] Furthermore, use of quinolones in therapy and prophylaxis, especially...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 20:22

... use patterns The indicators showed a ‘reasonable’ drug prescribing behavior Training appeared to be effective in bringing down the number of drugs per prescription and improving diagnostic ability ... national essential drug list, extra funding for drug supply, quality assurance system, therapeutic audit and drug use seminars Since quantitative baseline data were lacking, information provided ... Treatment guidelines Training * Regulation EDL Treatment guideline Supply Training * * Various WHOINRUD DUIs #drug per patient % patient given drugs % ED prescribed % Generic prescribed % injection...

Ngày tải lên: 09/10/2015, 20:09

... Misoprostol Lithium Quinine Retinol very large dose Total No % Akrofollin Hogival Limovan Limovanil Ovestin Strytanon Metothyrin Cytotex Litium karbonat Chinidinum Chinacisal Diapulmon Vitamin A C B 47 ... topical (skin, vaginal, eye and ear) and inhaled aerosol treatments separately Finally it is necessary to differentiate drugs and pregnancy supplements within medicinal products Drugs are used for ... protocol and use heparin instead of coumarin derivatives in the early pregnancy because the latter drugs are teratogenic in the third and fourth months of gestation Oxytetracyclines are also...

Ngày tải lên: 02/11/2012, 11:12