In November 2014, McGarragan became one of the first people in North America, outside of a clinical trial, to receive heroin via a doctor’s prescription.
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Varenicline is an effective smoking cessation therapy in clinical trials. However, its effectiveness might vary in a real world setting and its long term effectiveness (2-year) has not been reported yet. The objective was ascertaining the effectiveness of varenicline in the treatment of tobacco consumption in Primary Care settings. Observational, multicenter, retrospective study using medical rec
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CONCLUSION: Bearing in mind the influence of siblings, prevention, and intervention efforts should be focused more on family members than on the broader social environment. The results also indicate the need to develop a conscience on a healthy life style and to educate people to enhance and improve their health control.
PMID: 26829003 [PubMed – as supplied by publisher] (Source: Substance Use
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CONCLUSION: A large proportion of PWID in Catalonia are new injectors, a subgroup with a high level of both sexual and parenteral exposure and a high incidence rate of HIV/ HCV infections. It is important to improve early diagnosis of these infections among this group, in particular among migrants. To identify and address risk factors for homelessness PWID should be a priority.
PMID: 26820260
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For patients hospitalized on inpatient detoxification units, reducing negative symptoms such as withdrawal and craving is a key treatment area. Although lyric analysis is a commonly utilized music therapy intervention for clients in substance abuse rehabilitation, there is a lack of randomized controlled music therapy studies systematically investigating how lyric analysis interventions can affec
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