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Heroin Smoking

MedGen UID:
1387967
•Concept ID:
C4505390
•
Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction
Synonyms: Heroin Smokings; Smoking, Heroin

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Drug use treatment and harm reduction programs in Iran: A unique model of health in the most populated Persian Gulf country.
Alam-Mehrjerdi Z, Abdollahi M, Higgs P, Dolan K
Asian J Psychiatr 2015 Aug;16:78-83. Epub 2015 Jun 29 doi: 10.1016/j.ajp.2015.06.002. PMID: 26168763
Anthrax infection among heroin users in Scotland during 2009-2010: a case-control study by linkage to a national drug treatment database.
Palmateer NE, Ramsay CN, Browning L, Goldberg DJ, Hutchinson SJ
Clin Infect Dis 2012 Sep;55(5):706-10. Epub 2012 May 22 doi: 10.1093/cid/cis511. PMID: 22618565

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Heroin pipe distribution to reduce high-risk drug consumption behaviors among people who use heroin: a pilot quasi-experimental study.
Fitzpatrick T, McMahan VM, Frank ND, Glick SN, Violette LR, Davis S, Jama S
Harm Reduct J 2022 Sep 22;19(1):103. doi: 10.1186/s12954-022-00685-7. PMID: 36138407Free PMC Article
Examination of Correlates of OUD Outcomes in Young Adults: Secondary Analysis From the XBOT Trial.
Fishman M, Wenzel K, Scodes J, Pavlicova M, Campbell ANC, Rotrosen J, Nunes E
Am J Addict 2021 Sep;30(5):433-444. Epub 2021 Jun 1 doi: 10.1111/ajad.13176. PMID: 34075644Free PMC Article
Screening Heroin Smokers Attending Community Drug Clinics for Change in Lung Function: A Cohort Study.
Nightingale R, Mortimer K, Giorgi E, Walker PP, Stolbrink M, Byrne T, Marwood K, Morrison-Griffiths S, Renwick S, Rylance J, Burhan H
Chest 2020 Mar;157(3):558-565. Epub 2019 Nov 22 doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2019.11.006. PMID: 31759961Free PMC Article
Screening Heroin Smokers Attending Community Drug Services for COPD.
Burhan H, Young R, Byrne T, Peat R, Furlong J, Renwick S, Elkin T, Oelbaum S, Walker PP
Chest 2019 Feb;155(2):279-287. Epub 2018 Sep 4 doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2018.08.1049. PMID: 30189189
SMOKE IT! Promoting a change of opiate consumption pattern - from injecting to inhaling.
Stöver HJ, Schäffer D
Harm Reduct J 2014 Jun 27;11:18. doi: 10.1186/1477-7517-11-18. PMID: 24973031Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Screening Heroin Smokers Attending Community Drug Clinics for Change in Lung Function: A Cohort Study.
Nightingale R, Mortimer K, Giorgi E, Walker PP, Stolbrink M, Byrne T, Marwood K, Morrison-Griffiths S, Renwick S, Rylance J, Burhan H
Chest 2020 Mar;157(3):558-565. Epub 2019 Nov 22 doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2019.11.006. PMID: 31759961Free PMC Article
Breathlessness in a drug user.
Yip IY
BMJ Case Rep 2015 May 2;2015 doi: 10.1136/bcr-2015-209294. PMID: 25935917Free PMC Article
Impact of donor high-risk social behaviors on recipient survival in cardiac transplantation.
Xu DS, Hartman D, Ludrosky K, Campbell J, Starling RC, Taylor DO, Smedira NG, Gonzalez-Stawinski GV
Transplantation 2010 Apr 15;89(7):873-8. doi: 10.1097/TP.0b013e3181ca56e0. PMID: 20090571
Use of audio computer-assisted self-interviews to assess tuberculosis-related risk behaviors.
Riley ED, Chaisson RE, Robnett TJ, Vertefeuille J, Strathdee SA, Vlahov D
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2001 Jul 1;164(1):82-5. doi: 10.1164/ajrccm.164.1.2101091. PMID: 11435243
Comparison of heroin and cocaine concentrations in saliva with concentrations in blood and plasma.
Jenkins AJ, Oyler JM, Cone EJ
J Anal Toxicol 1995 Oct;19(6):359-74. doi: 10.1093/jat/19.6.359. PMID: 8926729

Therapy

Heroin pipe distribution to reduce high-risk drug consumption behaviors among people who use heroin: a pilot quasi-experimental study.
Fitzpatrick T, McMahan VM, Frank ND, Glick SN, Violette LR, Davis S, Jama S
Harm Reduct J 2022 Sep 22;19(1):103. doi: 10.1186/s12954-022-00685-7. PMID: 36138407Free PMC Article
Examination of Correlates of OUD Outcomes in Young Adults: Secondary Analysis From the XBOT Trial.
Fishman M, Wenzel K, Scodes J, Pavlicova M, Campbell ANC, Rotrosen J, Nunes E
Am J Addict 2021 Sep;30(5):433-444. Epub 2021 Jun 1 doi: 10.1111/ajad.13176. PMID: 34075644Free PMC Article
Screening Heroin Smokers Attending Community Drug Clinics for Change in Lung Function: A Cohort Study.
Nightingale R, Mortimer K, Giorgi E, Walker PP, Stolbrink M, Byrne T, Marwood K, Morrison-Griffiths S, Renwick S, Rylance J, Burhan H
Chest 2020 Mar;157(3):558-565. Epub 2019 Nov 22 doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2019.11.006. PMID: 31759961Free PMC Article
Breathlessness in a drug user.
Yip IY
BMJ Case Rep 2015 May 2;2015 doi: 10.1136/bcr-2015-209294. PMID: 25935917Free PMC Article
Heroin smoking by 'chasing the dragon': origins and history.
Strang J, Griffiths P, Gossop M
Addiction 1997 Jun;92(6):673-83; discussion 685-95. doi: 10.1046/j.1360-0443.1997.9266734.x. PMID: 9246796

Prognosis

Examination of Correlates of OUD Outcomes in Young Adults: Secondary Analysis From the XBOT Trial.
Fishman M, Wenzel K, Scodes J, Pavlicova M, Campbell ANC, Rotrosen J, Nunes E
Am J Addict 2021 Sep;30(5):433-444. Epub 2021 Jun 1 doi: 10.1111/ajad.13176. PMID: 34075644Free PMC Article
Screening Heroin Smokers Attending Community Drug Services for COPD.
Burhan H, Young R, Byrne T, Peat R, Furlong J, Renwick S, Elkin T, Oelbaum S, Walker PP
Chest 2019 Feb;155(2):279-287. Epub 2018 Sep 4 doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2018.08.1049. PMID: 30189189
Problematic heroin use incidence trends in Spain.
Sánchez-Niubò A, Fortiana J, Barrio G, Suelves JM, Correa JF, Domingo-Salvany A
Addiction 2009 Feb;104(2):248-55. doi: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2008.02451.x. PMID: 19149821
Are cannabis users exposed to other drug use opportunities? Investigation of high-risk drug exposure opportunities among young cannabis users in London.
Strang J, McCambridge J
Drug Alcohol Rev 2005 Mar;24(2):185-91. doi: 10.1080/09595230500102376. PMID: 16076588
Chasing the dragon, related to the impaired lung function among heroin users.
Buster M, Rook L, van Brussel GH, van Ree J, van den Brink W
Drug Alcohol Depend 2002 Oct 1;68(2):221-8. doi: 10.1016/s0376-8716(02)00193-x. PMID: 12234652

Clinical prediction guides

Heroin pipe distribution to reduce high-risk drug consumption behaviors among people who use heroin: a pilot quasi-experimental study.
Fitzpatrick T, McMahan VM, Frank ND, Glick SN, Violette LR, Davis S, Jama S
Harm Reduct J 2022 Sep 22;19(1):103. doi: 10.1186/s12954-022-00685-7. PMID: 36138407Free PMC Article
Examination of Correlates of OUD Outcomes in Young Adults: Secondary Analysis From the XBOT Trial.
Fishman M, Wenzel K, Scodes J, Pavlicova M, Campbell ANC, Rotrosen J, Nunes E
Am J Addict 2021 Sep;30(5):433-444. Epub 2021 Jun 1 doi: 10.1111/ajad.13176. PMID: 34075644Free PMC Article
Screening Heroin Smokers Attending Community Drug Clinics for Change in Lung Function: A Cohort Study.
Nightingale R, Mortimer K, Giorgi E, Walker PP, Stolbrink M, Byrne T, Marwood K, Morrison-Griffiths S, Renwick S, Rylance J, Burhan H
Chest 2020 Mar;157(3):558-565. Epub 2019 Nov 22 doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2019.11.006. PMID: 31759961Free PMC Article
Screening Heroin Smokers Attending Community Drug Services for COPD.
Burhan H, Young R, Byrne T, Peat R, Furlong J, Renwick S, Elkin T, Oelbaum S, Walker PP
Chest 2019 Feb;155(2):279-287. Epub 2018 Sep 4 doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2018.08.1049. PMID: 30189189
Comparison of heroin and cocaine concentrations in saliva with concentrations in blood and plasma.
Jenkins AJ, Oyler JM, Cone EJ
J Anal Toxicol 1995 Oct;19(6):359-74. doi: 10.1093/jat/19.6.359. PMID: 8926729

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