Dependence on and abuse of prescription opioid drugs is now a major health problem, with
initiation of prescription opioid abuse exceeding cocaine in young people. Coincident with …

The primary aim of the present study was to assess the prevalence of psychiatric comorbidity
in a large sample of methamphetamine (MA)-dependent subjects using a validated …

Paranoia in methamphetamine (MA) users is not well characterized or understood. To
investigate this phenomenon, we created the Methamphetamine Experience Questionnaire …

Abstract Rationale Salvinorin A (SA) is a highly selective kappa opioid receptor agonist and
the putative psychoactive compound in Salvia divinorum (SD), an increasingly abused …

Objectives: Medication nonadherence is an important factor in clinical practice and research
methodology. Although many methods of measuring adherence have been investigated …

Since 1992, California police have been using pepper sprays containing oleoresin
capsicum (OC) as a nonlethal method to subdue delirious or violent individuals. Capsaicin is …

There are an estimated 11.7 million methamphetamine (MA) abusers in the United States
and epidemics of MA addiction are occurring worldwide. In our human laboratory and …

Objectives The sensitivity and specificity of consensus triage criteria for identifying which
apparently inebriated patients could be triaged to care in a sobering centre were …

Objectives: Methamphetamine (MA) addiction has no known effective pharmacotherapy.
Small trials showed beneficial effects for oral naltrexone in amphetamine users. Trials in …

Hepatitis C Virus co-infection and the risk of Peripheral Artery Disease among HIV-infected
patients: Population-based study Page 1 Hepatitis C Virus co-infection and the risk of Peripheral …