Crack cocaine addiction, early life stress and accelerated cellular aging among women

ML Levandowski, SG Tractenberg… - Progress in neuro …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Early life stress (ELS) and addiction are related to age-related diseases and
telomere shortening. However, the role of telomere length (TL) in crack cocaine addiction …

Early-onset cardiovascular disease from cocaine, amphetamines, alcohol, and marijuana

EL O'Keefe, A Dhore-Patil, CJ Lavie - Canadian Journal of Cardiology, 2022 - Elsevier
Cardiovascular disease (CVD), a disease typically associated with aging and the definitive
leading cause of death worldwide, now threatens young and middle-aged populations …

A national strategy for preventing substance and opioid use disorders through evidence-based prevention programming that fosters healthy outcomes in our youth

DH Fishbein, Z Sloboda - Clinical child and family psychology review, 2023 - Springer
Abstract The recently released National Drug Control Strategy (2022) from the White House
Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) lays out a comprehensive plan to, not only …

Denial of pain medication by health care providers predicts in‐hospital illicit drug use among individuals who use illicit drugs

L Ti, P Voon, S Dobrer, J Montaner… - Pain Research and …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND: Undertreated pain is common among people who use illicit drugs (PWUD),
and can often reflect the reluctance of health care providers to provide pain medication to …

Pharmacotherapeutics directed at deficiencies associated with cocaine dependence: focus on dopamine, norepinephrine and glutamate

CN Haile, JJ Mahoney III, TF Newton… - Pharmacology & …, 2012 - Elsevier
Much effort has been devoted to research focused on pharmacotherapies for cocaine
dependence yet there are no FDA-approved medications for this brain disease. Preclinical …

The association between regular cocaine use, with and without tobacco co-use, and adverse cardiovascular and respiratory outcomes

T Winhusen, J Theobald, DC Kaelber… - Drug and alcohol …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Understanding the potential impact of cocaine use on health is increasingly
important as cocaine use rises in the US Objectives This study evaluated the associations of …

Health outcomes associated with illicit prescription opioid injection: a systematic review

S Lake, MC Kennedy - Journal of addictive diseases, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Prescription opioid injection is a growing concern among people who use illicit drugs. Little
is known about the potential health-related harms of injecting prescription opioids …

A single case report of STN-DBS for severe crack-cocaine dependence: double-blind ON vs. SHAM randomized controlled assessment

F Vorspan, P Domenech, D Grabli, J Yelnik… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Crack-cocaine dependence is a severe condition with a high mortality rate. This single case
study report details the first deep brain stimulation (DBS) trial targeting the sub-thalamic …

[HTML][HTML] Co-exposure of cocaine and cannabinoids and its association with select biological, behavioural and health outcomes: A systematic scoping review of multi …

D Daldegan-Bueno, LO Maia, M Glass… - European …, 2021 - Elsevier
Cocaine use entails severe health-and social-related harms globally. Treatment options for
cocaine dependence are highly limited. Benefits of cannabinoids for addiction have been …

Acute care utilization and its associated determinants among patients with substance‐related disorders: A worldwide systematic review and meta‐analysis

B Armoon, MD Griffiths, R Mohammadi… - … of Psychiatric and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Identifying determinants of emergency department (ED) use and hospitalization
among patients with substance‐related disorders (SRDs) can improve health services to …