scholarly journals Physical dependence on nitrous oxide in mice: Resemblance to alcohol but not to opiate withdrawal

1981 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Milne ◽  
Frank W. Cervenko ◽  
Khem H. Jhamandas
Keyword(s):  
Nitrous Oxide ◽  
Physical Dependence ◽  
Opiate Withdrawal

Immune parameters and level of cortisol in patients with opiate addiction during withdrawal syndrome

2017 ◽  
pp. 38-45
Author(s):  
Т.П. Ветлугина ◽  
Е.В. Матафонова ◽  
Н.А. Бохан ◽  
В.Б. Никитина ◽  
А.И. Мандель ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cortisol Level ◽  
Withdrawal Syndrome ◽  
Physical Dependence ◽  
Serum Levels ◽  
Opiate Withdrawal ◽  
Opiate Addiction ◽  
Laboratory Methods ◽  
Immune Parameters ◽  
Opiate Withdrawal Syndrome

Цель исследования: изучение динамики показателей иммунитета и уровня кортизола у больных опийной наркоманией в процессе терапии синдрома отмены. Методика. В исследование включено 136 больных опийной наркоманией (инъекции экстракта опия) с сформировавшейся физической зависимостью. Пациенты получали в стационаре стандартную терапию с полной отменой наркотика. Исследование проводилось на следующих этапах: при поступлении в стационар (опийный абстинентный синдром - ОАС); на 5-7-е сут. терапии (переход в постабстинентное состояние - ПАС); на 25-28-е сут. лечения (становление терапевтической ремиссии - СТР). Лабораторные методы включали определение количества лимфоцитов с рецепторами CD3, CD4, CD8, СD16, с рецепторами к дофамину (D-RFC); содержание иммуноглобулинов М, G, А, уровня кортизола и циркулирующих иммунных комплексов (ЦИК) в сыворотке крови. Результаты. Основной иммуноэндокринный паттерн на всех этапах терапии синдрома отмены характеризуется дефицитом субпопуляций Т-лимфоцитов CD3, CD4, СD8; увеличением числа лимфоцитов с рецепторами к дофамину (D-RFC); активацией гуморальных факторов иммунитета (IgM, IgG, ЦИК); высокой концентрацией кортизола. На этапе ОАС и ПАС эти изменения были наиболее выражены; на 25-28-е сут. лечения отмечена позитивная динамика Т-лимфоцитов СD3 и цитотоксических Т-лимфоцитов (СD8); хелперы/индукторы CD4 оставались устойчиво сниженными; D-RFC лимфоциты, параметры гуморального иммунитета и концентрация кортизола - повышенными. Длительный срок наркотизации при употреблении высоких доз наркотика связан с большей выраженностью нарушений. Заключение. Установленная дизрегуляция параметров иммуноэндокринной системы у больных опийной наркоманией на всех этапах терапии синдрома отмены в наблюдаемые сроки (25-28 сут.) свидетельствует о неустойчивости достигнутой терапевтической ремиссии и необходимости проведения дальнейших реабилитационных мероприятий. The purpose: investigate changes in immunity parameters and cortisol level in subjects with opiate addiction during the treatment of opiate withdrawal syndrome. Methods. The study enrolled 136 subjects with opiate addiction with physical dependence receiving injections of opium extract. Patients received conventional therapy with complete opiate withdrawal. The study was performed at the following stages: at admission to the hospital (acute withdrawal syndrome (AWS); on days 5-7 of therapy (transition into post-withdrawal state - PWS); on days 25-28 of therapy (formation of therapeutic remission - FTR). Laboratory methods included determination count of lymphocytes with receptors CD3, CD4, CD8, СD16, with receptors to dopamine (D-RFC); the serum levels of IgМ, IgG, IgА, cortisol, circulating immune complexes (CIC). Results. The principal immunoendocrine pattern for all stages of withdrawal syndrome therapy is characterized in comparison to the reference normal values quantitative deficit of CD3, CD4, СD8 Т-lymphocyte subpopulations, increased count of lymphocytes with receptors to dopamine, activation of humoral immunity factors (IgM, IgG, CIC), high cortisol level. At AWS and PAS stages such changes are most pronounced; on days 25-28 of therapy positive changes in cytotoxic Т-lymphocytes (СD8) and Т-lymphocytes СD3 was revealed. CD4 count remained steadily reduced, count of lymphocytes with receptors to dopamine and cortisol level were elevated. Clinical and immunological analysis demonstrated that consumption of high opiate doses, long-term narcotization are associated with higher intensity of disorders detected. Conclusion. Dysregulation of immunoendocrine parameters was revealed in subjects with opiate addiction at all stages of withdrawal syndrome therapy within the term observed evidencing instability of therapeutic remission achieved and necessity in further rehabilitation events.

scholarly journals The Investigation of Tramadol Dependence with No History of Substance Abuse: A Cross-Sectional Survey of Spontaneously Reported Cases in Guangzhou City, China

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haoran Zhang ◽  
Zhimin Liu
Keyword(s):  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Physical Dependence ◽  
Abuse Potential ◽  
Opiate Withdrawal ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Prior History ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Healthy Men ◽  
History Of

The study was to survey and assess the drug dependence and abuse potential of tramadol with no history of substance abuse. Subjects of tramadol dependence with no prior history of substance abuse were surveyed by interview. Physical dependence of tramadol was assessed using 10 items opiate withdrawal scale (OWS), and psychological dependence was assessed by Addiction Research Center Inventory—Chinese Version (ARCI-CV). Twenty-three male subjects (the median age was23.4±4.1years) referred to the addiction unit in Medical Hospital of Guangzhou with tramadol abuse problems were included in this cross-sectional study. The control group included 87 heroin addicts, 60 methamphetamine (MA) abusers, and 50 healthy men. The scores of OWS of tramadol were 0.83–2.30; the mean scores of identifying euphoric effects–MBG, sedative effects–PCAG, and psychotomimetic effects–LSD of ARCI were8.96±3.08,6.52±3.25, and6.65±2.50, respectively,F= 4.927,P<0.001. Scores of MBG scale in tramadol did not differ from those in heroin and MA groups (P>0.05) but were higher than those in healthy men (P<0.05). Tramadol with no history of substance abuse has a clear risk of producing high abuse potential under the long-term infrequent abuse and the high doses.

scholarly journals Prevention of Opioid Addiction

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (8) ◽  
pp. 731-740
Author(s):  
Stephanie A Ihezie ◽  
Nachum Dafny
Keyword(s):  
Nervous System ◽  
Physical Dependence ◽  
Chronic Health Condition ◽  
Health Condition ◽  
Opioid Addiction ◽  
Opioid Antagonist ◽  
Opiate Withdrawal ◽  
Chronic Morphine ◽  
Opioid Administration ◽  
Hallmark Feature

Opioid addiction is classified as a Substance Use Disorder (SUD), a complex and chronic health condition with physical, social, and psychological consequences. While there is no cure for it, we present a novel approach towards preventing a hallmark feature of addiction-- the opiate withdrawal syndrome. Opioids exert numerous effects, acutely and chronically, on the nervous system with physical dependence, tolerance, and withdrawal being the most adverse chronic features. The degree of opioid dependence can be quantified by the frequency and/or intensity of the behavioral expression of withdrawal seen after abrupt termination of opioid consumption or after treatment with an opioid antagonist such as naloxone. Although the Central Nervous System (CNS) is the primary area of opioid impact, the involvement of the immune system in modifying CNS phenomena was suggested nearly two centuries ago and proved by several groups within the last few decades. Through a series of studies with immunomodulators alpha interferon, cyclosporine A, and cortisol, preclinical experiments show that administration of these agents prior to chronic morphine exposure prevents the expression of opiate withdrawal a hallmark feature of addiction. This review provides updates on current developments in the management of the opioid epidemic and an overview of studies on preventative immunomodulation prior to repetitive opioid administration as a means of addressing one of the underlying symptomatology driving the epidemic.

Correlation of rat cortical Fas-associated death domain (FADD) protein phosphorylation with the severity of spontaneous morphine abstinence syndrome: role of α2-adrenoceptors and extracellular signal-regulated kinases

2010 ◽  
Vol 25 (12) ◽  
pp. 1691-1702 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alfredo Ramos-Miguel ◽  
Antonio Miralles ◽  
Jesús A García-Sevilla
Keyword(s):  
Time Course ◽  
Physical Dependence ◽  
Behavioural Syndrome ◽  
Opiate Withdrawal ◽  
Death Domain ◽  
Spearman Correlation ◽  
Abstinence Syndrome ◽  
Extracellular Signal ◽  
Morphine Abstinence

Fas-associated death domain (FADD) phosphorylation was recently implicated in opiate-induced neuroplasticity. To further explore the role of FADD in the mechanisms of morphine-induced physical dependence, the regulation of cortical p-FADD (and their interactions with α2-adrenoceptors and other signalling pathways) was assessed during spontaneous opiate withdrawal (SW) in morphine-dependent rats (10–100 mg/kg for 6 days). The main results indicated that oligomeric p-FADD in the cerebral cortex mirrored the time course of morphine SW (12–96 h), which resulted in a striking correlation between p-FADD and the intensity (behavioural scores) of morphine abstinence (Spearman correlation coefficient: 0.59, n = 39, p < 0.0001). The inactivation of brain α2-adrenoceptors (EEDQ at SW 12 h) further enhanced morphine abstinence intensity and cortical p-FADD content at SW 24 h. The disruption of ERK1/2 signalling (SL 327 at SW 4 h and SW 8 h) did not alter morphine abstinence at SW 12 h, but it attenuated the behavioural syndrome at SW 24 h. This inhibition of ERK1/2, however, did not prevent the up-regulation of oligomeric p-FADD at SW 12 h and 24 h. These data indicate that cortical oligomeric p-FADD, mainly through an interaction with inhibitory α2-adrenoceptors, plays a functional role in the behavioural expression of morphine abstinence in rats.

Quantitative trait loci (QTL) applications to substances of abuse: Physical dependence studies with nitrous oxide and ethanol in BXD mice

1993 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 213-222 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. K. Belknap ◽  
P. Metten ◽  
M. L. Helms ◽  
L. A. O'Toole ◽  
S. Angeli-Gade ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nitrous Oxide ◽  
Quantitative Trait Loci ◽  
Quantitative Trait ◽  
Physical Dependence ◽  
Trait Loci ◽  
Bxd Mice ◽  
Substances Of Abuse

Severe gastrointestinal distension during nitrous oxide and oxygen anesthesia

JAMA ◽  
1965 ◽  
Vol 194 (10) ◽  
pp. 1146-1148 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. F. Foldes
Keyword(s):  
Nitrous Oxide
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