Aim: To assess the drug dependence and abuse liability of tramadol.

Methods: Subjects of opiate addicts with history of tramadol abuse were 219. Physical dependence of tramadol was assessed using opiate withdrawal scale (OWS), psychic dependence was assessed by association test of Addiction Research Center Inventory-Chinese Version (ARCI-CV); the degrees of craving experienced for tramadol was self-reported on visual analogue scale (VAS).

Results: The scores of OWS of tramadol were 0.05-1.07; 3 scores on scales in particular being used the identify euphoric effects--MBG, sedative effects--PCAG, and psychotomimetic effects--LSD of ARCI were 7.3, 6.1, and 3.4, respectively (F = 38.1, P < 0.01); 57.1% of tramadol abuse subjects had craving for tramadol (chi 2 = 75.86, P < 0.01).

Conclusion: Tramadol produced high abuse potential among opiate addicts.

Download full-text PDF

Source

Publication Analysis

Top Keywords

drug dependence
8
dependence abuse
8
abuse potential
8
tramadol
8
opiate addicts
8
tramadol abuse
8
abuse
5
potential tramadol
4
tramadol aim
4
aim assess
4

Similar Publications

Background: Methamphetamine use is related to severe health, social, and criminal challenges. However, there is limited evidence regarding the factors associated with the recurrence of drug use among individuals who have used methamphetamine, particularly within populations involved in the criminal justice system. This study aimed to identify predictors of illicit drug use at a one-year follow-up among males in Japan who have used methamphetamine and are involved in the criminal justice system.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Background: Opioid dependence is a critical public health issue in Northeast India, with limited data available on the affected population.

Aim: This study examines the sociodemographic and clinical profiles of opioid-dependent individuals in Assam.

Methods: A retrospective review was conducted of 238 patients diagnosed with opioid dependence at a tertiary care addiction treatment center in Assam, covering records from January 2022 to January 2023.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Introduction: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection reorganizes early endosomes (EE), recycling endosome (RE), and trans-Golgi network (TGN) and expands their intermediates into a large perinuclear structure that forms the inner part of the cytoplasmic assembly complex (AC). The reorganization begins and results with the basic configuration (known as pre-AC) in the early (E) phase of infection, but the sequence of developmental steps is not yet well understood. One of the first signs of the establishment of the inner pre-AC, which can be observed by immunofluorescence, is the accumulation of Rab10.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Understanding the opioid syndemic in North Carolina: A novel approach to modeling and identifying factors.

Biostatistics

December 2024

Department of Statistical Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, Wake Forest University, 127 Manchester Hall, Winston-Salem, NC, 27109, United States.

The opioid epidemic is a significant public health challenge in North Carolina, but limited data restrict our understanding of its complexity. Examining trends and relationships among different outcomes believed to reflect opioid misuse provides an alternative perspective to understand the opioid epidemic. We use a Bayesian dynamic spatial factor model to capture the interrelated dynamics within six different county-level outcomes, such as illicit opioid overdose deaths, emergency department visits related to drug overdose, treatment counts for opioid use disorder, patients receiving prescriptions for buprenorphine, and newly diagnosed cases of acute and chronic hepatitis C virus and human immunodeficiency virus.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Psychometric Properties of the Persian Version of PID5BF + M in Iranian Drug Users.

Personal Ment Health

February 2025

Department of Addiction, School of Behavioral Sciences and Mental Health (Tehran Institute of Psychiatry), Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Background: This study aimed to adapt and evaluate the psychometric properties of the PID5BF + M as a brief measure for assessing DSM-5 and ICD-11 personality disorder traits in Iranian drug users. The sample consisted of 380 participants, including both clinical (28.68%) and nonclinical (71.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Want AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?

Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!