TY - JOUR
KW - Methadone maintenance therapy
KW - Nutritional status
KW - Opiate
AU - S. Nabipour
AU - Ayu Said
AU - Hussain Habil
A1 - 
AB - Addiction to the illicit and prescribed use of opiate is an alarming public health issue. Studies on addictive disorders have demonstrated severe nutritional deficiencies in opiate abusers with behavioral, physiological and cognitive symptoms. Opiate addiction is also link with a significant number of diseases including Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) and other blood borne diseases generally stem from the use of needles to inject heroin. The use of medication assisted treatment for opioid addicts in combination with behavioural therapies has been considered as a highly effective treatment. Methadone is a long-lasting mu-opioid agonist and a pharmacological tool which attenuates withdrawal symptoms effectively replacement therapies. This review article aims to explain opiate addiction mechanisms, epidemiology and disease burden with emphasis on dietary and nutritional status of opiate dependent patients in methadone maintenance therapy.
BT - Iranian journal of public health
C5 - Opioids & Substance Use
CP - 8
CY - Iran
IS - 8
JF - Iranian journal of public health
N2 - Addiction to the illicit and prescribed use of opiate is an alarming public health issue. Studies on addictive disorders have demonstrated severe nutritional deficiencies in opiate abusers with behavioral, physiological and cognitive symptoms. Opiate addiction is also link with a significant number of diseases including Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) and other blood borne diseases generally stem from the use of needles to inject heroin. The use of medication assisted treatment for opioid addicts in combination with behavioural therapies has been considered as a highly effective treatment. Methadone is a long-lasting mu-opioid agonist and a pharmacological tool which attenuates withdrawal symptoms effectively replacement therapies. This review article aims to explain opiate addiction mechanisms, epidemiology and disease burden with emphasis on dietary and nutritional status of opiate dependent patients in methadone maintenance therapy.
PP - Iran
PY - 2014
SN - 2251-6085; 2251-6085
SP - 1022
EP - 1032
EP - 
T1 - Burden and nutritional deficiencies in opiate addiction- systematic review article
T2 - Iranian journal of public health
TI - Burden and nutritional deficiencies in opiate addiction- systematic review article
U1 - Opioids & Substance Use
U2 - 25927032
VL - 43
VO - 2251-6085; 2251-6085
Y1 - 2014
ER -