Behavioral economic demand in opioid treatment: Predictive validity of hypothetical purchase tasks for heroin, cocaine, and benzodiazepines.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2021.108562
Abstract: BACKGROUND Behavioral economics provides a framework in which to understand choice and motivation in the field of substance use disorders. Hypothetical purchase tasks (HPT), which indicate the amount or probability of purchasing substances at different… read more here.
Keywords: heroin cocaine; treatment; hypothetical purchase; cocaine benzodiazepines ... See more keywords
Conditioned taste avoidance induced by the combination of heroin and cocaine: Implications for the use of speedball
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DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2019.172801
Abstract: Speedball (heroin + cocaine) is a prevalent drug combination among intravenous drug users. Although its use is generally discussed to be a function of changes in the rewarding effects of either or both drugs, changes in the… read more here.
Keywords: combination; taste avoidance; heroin cocaine; heroin ... See more keywords
Dynamical analysis of a heroin-cocaine epidemic model with nonlinear incidence and spatial heterogeneity.
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DOI: 10.1080/17513758.2023.2189026
Abstract: In this paper, we investigated a new heroin-cocaine epidemic model which incorporates spatial heterogeneity and nonlinear incidence rate. The main project of this paper is to explore the threshold dynamics in terms of the basic… read more here.
Keywords: heroin; heroin cocaine; epidemic model; spatial heterogeneity ... See more keywords
Assessing Hair Decontamination Protocols for Diazepam, Heroin, Cocaine, and Δ9-Tetrahydrocannabinol by Statistical Design of Experiments.
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DOI: 10.1093/jat/bkaa110
Abstract: Prior to toxicological analysis, hair as a matrix requires pre-treatment measures including decontamination, homogenization, and extraction. Decontamination is performed to differentiate between drug present from superficial deposition and drug incorporated from systemic distribution following ingestion.… read more here.
Keywords: statistical design; heroin cocaine; hair; decontamination ... See more keywords
Acute extensive myelopathy after single heroin and cocaine exposure in a patient with toxicological evidence of long-term drug abstinence
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DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2018-228335
Abstract: Heroin-related myelopathy is an uncommon but often devastating complication of heroin intake. It is usually reported in individuals exposed to intravenous heroin after a variable drug-free period, leading to acute and complete spinal cord injury… read more here.
Keywords: single heroin; long term; heroin cocaine; heroin ... See more keywords