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Curr Med Chem ; 19(33): 5612-8, 2012.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22856661

ABSTRACT

Cocaine remains the second most commonly used and trafficked illicit drug in the world after cannabis. This psychostimulant drug has become an essential part of the world drug scene with a different use among countries. Prevalence of cocaine use (lifetime, last year, last month use) is particulary high among males aged between 15 and 34 years. Five per cent of cocaine users will develop a substance- dependence during the first year of use, and 20% of these will become long-term cocaine-dependent patients. The number of patients entering drug treatment for primary cocaine use has been increasing in Europe for several years. Cocaine addiction is a worldwide public health problem, which has somatic, psychological, psychiatric, socio-economic and judicial complications. This article aims to provide the clinician with a detailed description of the clinical aspects, the adverse effects and the complications of cocaine addiction. Literature searches were conducted for the period from January 1985 to February 2012 using PubMed, EMBASE, PsycInfo, and Google Scholar.


Subject(s)
Cocaine-Related Disorders/complications , Cocaine-Related Disorders/physiopathology , Cocaine/adverse effects , Dopamine Uptake Inhibitors/adverse effects , Animals , Cardiovascular Diseases/etiology , Cocaine-Related Disorders/diagnosis , Cocaine-Related Disorders/epidemiology , Cognition Disorders/etiology , Communicable Diseases/etiology , Humans , Lung Diseases/etiology , Mental Disorders/etiology , Nervous System Diseases/etiology
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Presse Med ; 33(18 Suppl): 5-9, 2004 Oct 23.
Article in French | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15617169

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND: The revelation of an acceptable rate of users still treated one year after initiation of a substitution program with high-dose buprenorphine (HDB) has contributed in the validation of the interest of the molecule in this indication. However the frequency of early drop-outs (after the first consultation), when treatment is set-up, is frequently evoked, although undocumented, by general practitioners. OBJECTIVE: During analysis of a survey on the follow-up of opiate addicts starting substitution therapy with HDB, we attempted to assess the frequency of early drop-outs and identify the contributing factors. METHOD: Among the 1085 patients included in the study and in whom induction therapy had been prescribed, 656 were assessed after 12 months' follow-up. RESULTS: Age, precariousness, lack of social support and partial access to care (lack of health insurance, previous contact with the prescriber) were significantly associated with early drop-out. The consumption of psychoactive products and their administration mode, during the 30 days prior to the first consultation of those loss to follow-up, also differed from those of patients who remained within the care system. CONCLUSION: Knowledge of the factors related to frequent early drop-out during induction of HDB substitution therapy, and bearing this in mind, would permit the organisation of more attentive management and hence reduce the drop-out rate.


Subject(s)
Buprenorphine/therapeutic use , Narcotic Antagonists/therapeutic use , Opioid-Related Disorders/rehabilitation , Patient Dropouts/statistics & numerical data , Adult , Age Factors , Attitude to Health , Dose-Response Relationship, Drug , Family Practice , Female , Follow-Up Studies , France/epidemiology , HIV Infections/epidemiology , Health Services Accessibility , Hepatitis C/epidemiology , Humans , Male , Marital Status , Opioid-Related Disorders/psychology , Patient Dropouts/psychology , Psychotropic Drugs/administration & dosage , Risk Factors , Social Support
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Ann Med Interne (Paris) ; 152 Suppl 3: IS5-12, 2001 Apr.
Article in French | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11435989

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND: Since 1994-1995, rapid development of widely available substitution treatments has appeared to be a major healthcare step in heroin addiction. Currently approximately 60000 patients are taking daily maintenance doses of oral methadone and about 7200 are taking sublingual buprenorphine. In parallel with the expansion of these treatments, the number of lethal overdoses has fallen off regularly: 564 in 1994, 393 in 1996 and 143 in 1998 (-74.6% in 4 years). AIM OF THE STUDY: We searched for a correlation between the rise in the number of patients taking maintenance treatments and the decreased in recorded deaths due to heroin overdose. Other factors which may influence this decrease were also considered. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: A linear correlation was found between the increasing number of patients on maintenance treatment (high-dose buprenorphine or methadone) and the decrease in fatal heroin overdoses in France between 1994 and 1998. The importance of this correlation must be modulated by the presence of other events such as political, social, healthcare and behavioral events concerning drug users.


Subject(s)
Buprenorphine/therapeutic use , Drug Utilization/trends , Heroin Dependence/drug therapy , Heroin Dependence/mortality , Heroin/poisoning , Methadone/therapeutic use , Narcotics/therapeutic use , Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/epidemiology , Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/prevention & control , Attitude to Health , Drug Overdose/drug therapy , Drug Overdose/epidemiology , Drug Overdose/prevention & control , Drug Overdose/psychology , Drug Prescriptions/statistics & numerical data , Drug Utilization/statistics & numerical data , Female , France/epidemiology , Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice , Heroin Dependence/prevention & control , Heroin Dependence/psychology , Humans , Linear Models , Male , Mortality/trends , Population Surveillance , Risk Factors
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Ann Med Interne (Paris) ; 152 Suppl 3: IS26-36, 2001 Apr.
Article in French | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11435992

ABSTRACT

AIM OF THE STUDY: Care for opioid users changed greatly in France in 1996 when general practitioners (GP) were allowed to prescribe high-dose sublingual buprenorphine (Subutex((R))) for maintenance treatment of major opioid dependence. In order to evaluate treatment benefits, a prospective epidemiological 2-year follow-up was initiated in May 1996 with the participation of 105 French GPs. METHODS: A cohort of outpatient opioid users who started high-dose sublingual buprenorphine maintenance therapy at study onset or who had recently started were included in a prospective epidemiological study by GPs involved in management of drug abusers. Patients were followed for 2 years with collection of standardized information at 1, 3, 6, 12, and 24 months. The main evaluation criteria were follow-up by the same GP throughout the study and retention in the care system 2 years later. For patients who fulfilled these criteria, secondary end points were analyzed: information about buprenophine prescription, social status, and hepatitis B and C and HIV seroconversions. RESULTS: The 101 GPs included 919 patients and 909 were analyzed 2 years later. At study onset, a majority of the patients (70.6%) were taking an ongoing maintenance treatment, 10.5% had previously received such a treatment and the treatment was initiated for 18.8%. At the end of the study, 508 patients (55.9%) were still being followed by the same GP and 101 (11.1%) were followed by another healthcare provider (another GP, hospital or specialized center). No information about the care giver was available for 82 patients (9%). Among the other patients, 123 (13.5%) were lost to follow-up, 24 (2.6%) had moved, 23 (2.6%) were incarcerated, 11 (1.2%) had successfully discontinued drug usage and 7 (0.8%) had died. Other reasons for unsuccessful follow-up by the same GP were mainly (for 6 patients each): relapse, switch to methadone, no medical information, non-compliance with scheduled controls. Among the patients followed by the same GP, declaration of heroin and drug intake significantly decreased (p<0.001), and social status (GAF scale) and TMSP evaluation significantly improved (p<0.001). The social situation (housing condition and work) also improved significantly (p<0.001). The rate of buprenorphine treatment was 84% with longer and less fractionated prescriptions. The HBV, HBC and HIV seroconversion rates were low in this high-risk population (2.7%, 4.1% and 0.8% respectively). CONCLUSION: This two-year follow-up of 909 opioid users showed that nearly 70% of the patient remained within the healthcare system, mainly with the same GP or more rarely with another practitioner. Among the 508 patients still followed by the same GP, maintenance treatment with high-dose buprenorphine was observed in more than 80% of the patients. These patients had a significantly improved social status, a significant decrease in drug intake and a significant improvement in their social adaptation and severity of drug abuse.


Subject(s)
Buprenorphine/administration & dosage , Narcotics/administration & dosage , Opioid-Related Disorders/drug therapy , Adult , Ambulatory Care/methods , Ambulatory Care/statistics & numerical data , Drug Prescriptions/statistics & numerical data , Employment/statistics & numerical data , Family Practice/methods , Family Practice/statistics & numerical data , Female , Follow-Up Studies , France/epidemiology , HIV Infections/etiology , Hepatitis B/etiology , Hepatitis C/etiology , Housing/statistics & numerical data , Humans , Male , Opioid-Related Disorders/complications , Opioid-Related Disorders/epidemiology , Patient Compliance/statistics & numerical data , Risk Factors , Severity of Illness Index , Socioeconomic Factors , Treatment Outcome
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Ann Med Interne (Paris) ; 151 Suppl B: B36-43, 2000 Oct.
Article in French | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11104944

ABSTRACT

The concept of addiction has gained recognition in French semantics, standing for a pathological condition that was formerly designated solely on the basis of specific drug abuse. We questioned 90 patients followed at there Parisian outpatient units about their understanding of the term "addiction". We also looked for signs that this term is used to federate notions since it is supposed to describe a general condition involving a large number of singular phenomena. One part of our questionnaire focused on treatment modes (several practitioners for several addictions, one institution for all addictions, specialized consultations with a practitioner other than the usual primary care physician). Our findings would illustrated areas where further details are needed in order to consider patient expectations when designing specialized care for outpatients or inpatients.


Subject(s)
Medicine , Patients , Specialization , Substance-Related Disorders , Adult , Aged , Alcoholism/therapy , Female , Follow-Up Studies , Humans , Inpatients , Male , Middle Aged , Outpatients , Paris , Semantics , Substance-Related Disorders/therapy , Surveys and Questionnaires , Time Factors , Tobacco Use Disorder/therapy
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Ann Med Interne (Paris) ; 151 Suppl B: B61-4, 2000 Oct.
Article in French | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11104948

ABSTRACT

The aim of this study was to analyze the role of the imaginary and its link with reality among 30 subjects treated by methadone. The Rorschach test was proposed to 30 heroin addicts treated by methadone, over an average 7 months. The formal answers (used preferentially in the 30 results, though often inappropriately) and socializing landmarks involving considerable individual investment, we were able to identify two ways of working within the same protocol. The first relies most on conformity and adaptation and tries to put the imaginary aside. The second is a more projective, unorganized approach evidencing the influence of the imaginary. This specific imaginary activity could not be assimilated with the traditional "lack of fantasy" observed in heroin addicts. It would be interesting to examine the course of this approach over a longer period.


Subject(s)
Heroin Dependence/psychology , Heroin Dependence/rehabilitation , Methadone/therapeutic use , Narcotics/therapeutic use , Rorschach Test , Adult , Female , Humans , Male , Methadone/administration & dosage , Narcotics/administration & dosage , Time Factors
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Ann Med Interne (Paris) ; 151(6): 438-47, 2000 Oct.
Article in French | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11104922

ABSTRACT

We report three personal cases of hydrocarbide aspiration pneumonia. High-viscosity non-volatile hydrocarbides (paraffin oil, for instance) cause often pseudotumoral exogenous fat-aspiration lung disease. Low-viscosity volatile hydrocarbides (petroleum, gasoline, white spirit, for instance) cause acute pseudo-infectious lung disease with dyspnea and fever which usually resolves within a few weeks but which may also be life-threatening. Purely symptomatic treatment has greatly progressed with advances in intensive ventilatory assistance. Gastric emptying with emetic agents or lavage procedures is dangerous and must be avoided except for exceptional cases. When required, the airways must be protected with tracheal intubation. Volatile hydrocarbides should be stored in protected areas in containers with safety stoppers which children cannot open.


Subject(s)
Hydrocarbons/adverse effects , Pneumonia, Aspiration/chemically induced , Pneumonia, Lipid/chemically induced , Adult , Aged , Animals , Biopsy , Child , Dogs , Female , Follow-Up Studies , Humans , Infant , Lung/pathology , Male , Paraffin/adverse effects , Petroleum/adverse effects , Pneumonia, Aspiration/diagnostic imaging , Pneumonia, Aspiration/pathology , Pneumonia, Aspiration/therapy , Pneumonia, Lipid/diagnostic imaging , Pneumonia, Lipid/pathology , Pneumonia, Lipid/therapy , Radiography, Thoracic , Time Factors , Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Ann Med Interne (Paris) ; 151 Suppl A: A10-7, 2000 Apr.
Article in French | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10855372

ABSTRACT

The aim of this study was to analyze information concerning multiple drug addiction, illicit behaviors and use of the venous route by maintenance treatment patients included in the October 1998 survey of the OPPIDUM program. Among 1,462 observations, 71% of the subjects were taking maintenance treatments (60% high-dose buprenorphine and 40% methadone). High-dose buprenorphine was taken without medical supervision in 10% of cases. Indicators of abuse were high in this case: multiple drug addiction and intravenous use of buprenorphine (28%). Patients maintained by methadone were older and living in better socio-economic conditions than patients maintained by high-dose buprenorphine. However, in the two groups, the percentage of patients using the intravenous route was the same (15% and 21%). More cocaine was used by the methadone group (16% versus 7%). Thirty-seven percent of the subjects maintained on high-dose buprenorphine were followed by a general practitioner. They appeared to be more unbalanced and in more precarious condition than subjects treated in specialized care centers but they were not representative of the patients maintained by buprenorphine. It would be important to determine why these subjects consult a specialized care center.


Subject(s)
Buprenorphine/therapeutic use , Methadone/therapeutic use , Narcotics/therapeutic use , Opioid-Related Disorders/drug therapy , Adult , Female , Humans , Male , Population Surveillance , Program Evaluation , Substance Abuse Treatment Centers
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Ann Med Interne (Paris) ; 151 Suppl A: A18-26, 2000 Apr.
Article in French | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10855373

ABSTRACT

Early February 1999, the French Ministère de la Jeunesse et des Sports (Youth and Sports Ministry) sponsored three different studies, aiming to prevent harmful behavior in the area of sport practices among youth. Two years earlier, our health care team working with drug users published reports on the meaningfulness of intensive sports activities in the history of our patients. The present work was performed to highlight the midterm results of one of these studies, to better understand and quantify the importance of physical training in the history of a group of outpatients seen for addictive disorders and comorbid pathologies. For 20 consecutive weeks, 3,040 self-administered questionnaires were available for persons consulting 20 health centers, 2 self-help groups and a general practitioner network working in the field of alcohol or heroine abuse. One thousand one hundred and eleven questionnaires were filled out (36.1%) and returned by mail for complete analysis: 86% of the answering persons had practiced at least one sports activity or participated in physical training, 10.5% had participated in a national or international level competition, and 10.6% reported stress fractures. In the intensive sports group, 36% had used illicit drugs intravenously and 16.4% said they had already used doping substances. Only 28.4% said they experienced dependence during their period of intensive sports activities compared with 15.2% before this time, and a majority (56.4%) thereafter. Intensive sports or physical training should not be seen as a protective factor nor as a way of improving addictive behaviors. More studies are needed to evaluate individual vulnerability factors and specific harm of overtraining and to determine the exact periods when men and women participating in sports activities are likely to abuse drugs, especially at the end of their career.


Subject(s)
Exercise , Sports , Substance-Related Disorders/epidemiology , Surveys and Questionnaires , Adult , Female , Humans , Male
12.
Addict Biol ; 5(3): 313-8, 2000 Jul 01.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20575846

ABSTRACT

Abstract This study evaluated the concordance of concomitant urinalysis and clinical assessments of drug abusers included in a methadone maintenance programme. The agreement between a clinical subjective score and an objective biological score, both measuring the evolution of illicit substance consumption over 12 months, was analysed. The clinical score, established by physicians and applied during patient interviews, was determined at entry into the programme and re-evaluated after 6 and 12 months. Forty-one patients were evaluated. The urinalysis score was based on regular screening of urine samples with the EMIT method. Agreement between the two scores was determined by using the kappa coefficient for each substance (opiates, benzodiazepines and cocaine) for each time-point. The calculated kappa coefficients showed poor agreement between the two scores, but could indicate the complementarity of these clinical and biological appraisals. Indeed, the urinalysis objectively detected change in drug use before the clinician. Thus, urinalysis monitoring should be considered as an additional and complementary biological procedure for patient follow-up by physicians.

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Am J Trop Med Hyg ; 61(3): 420-4, 1999 Sep.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10497983

ABSTRACT

To define the medical characteristics of intravascular drug users in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, we examined 280 men, of whom 235 were infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), being treated in a rehabilitation center. The patients used mainly opium, often in shooting galleries (50%). The prevalence of oral candidiasis (58%) and zoster infection (20%) was high in HIV-seropositive patients, whereas oral hairy leukoplasia and Kaposi's sarcoma were absent. The prevalence of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome was 24%. More than 80% of the patients had infections with hepatitis C virus, hepatitis B virus, cytomegalovirus, or human T cell lymphotropic virus type-1. The CD4+ cell counts correlated well with viral load. Only HIV-1 subtype E was detected in the 30 patients tested. A cohort study of HIV-infected subjects in this population seems feasible, and would permit introduction of anti-retroviral therapy The large number of HIV-seronegative subjects sharing the same at-risk practices as the HIV-infected subjects raises the possibility of natural protection in this population.


Subject(s)
AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections/epidemiology , HIV Infections/complications , HIV-1/isolation & purification , Substance Abuse, Intravenous/complications , Adult , CD4 Lymphocyte Count , CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes , Cross-Sectional Studies , HIV Infections/immunology , HIV Infections/virology , HIV Seronegativity , HIV-1/classification , HIV-1/physiology , Humans , Lymphocyte Count , Male , Middle Aged , Prevalence , RNA, Viral/blood , Vietnam/epidemiology , Viral Load
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J Chromatogr B Biomed Sci Appl ; 718(2): 278-84, 1998 Nov 06.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9840439

ABSTRACT

A rapid gas-liquid chromatographic assay is developed for the quantification of methadone (Mtd) and its major metabolite, 2-ethylidene-1,5-dimethyl-3,3-diphenylpyrrolidine (EDDP), in biological fluids of opiate addicts. After alkaline extraction from samples with lidocaine hydrochloride as internal standard, Mtd and EDDP are separated on SP-2250 column at 220 degrees C and detected with a thermionic detector. The chromatographic time is about 6 min. The relative standard deviations (R.S.D.) of Mtd and EDDP standards are between 1.5 and 5.5%. Most drugs of abuse (morphine, codeine, narcotine, cocaine, benzoylecgonine, cocaethylene, dextropropoxyphene etc) are shown not to interfere with this technique. The method has been applied to study the levels of Mtd and EDDP metabolite in serum, saliva and urine of patients under maintenance treatment for opiate dependence. EDDP levels were found higher than those of Mtd in urine samples from four treated patients, but lower in serum and undetectable in saliva. However, Mtd concentrations were higher in saliva than in serum.


Subject(s)
Chromatography, Gas/methods , Methadone/metabolism , Opioid-Related Disorders/metabolism , Pyrrolidines/metabolism , Saliva/metabolism , Artifacts , Humans , Methadone/blood , Methadone/urine , Opioid-Related Disorders/blood , Opioid-Related Disorders/urine , Pyrrolidines/blood , Pyrrolidines/urine , Reproducibility of Results
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Presse Med ; 25(27): 1239-40, 1996 Sep 21.
Article in French | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8949735

ABSTRACT

Adequate dosage of sublingual buprenorphine is now recommended for substitution treatment of severe opioid dependance. We report two cases of acute discomfort, probably linked to withdrawal syndrome, after an IV injection of high doses of buprenorphine in opiate dependant patients. Data on the pharmacokinetics and neurobiochemical aspects of buprenorphine are compared with those of other opiates. A major issue of this work is a guideline for inducing substitution treatment with this "unique" partial agonist/antagonist of endorphinic receptors.


Subject(s)
Buprenorphine/adverse effects , Narcotics/adverse effects , Substance Withdrawal Syndrome/prevention & control , Acute Disease , Adult , Buprenorphine/administration & dosage , Female , Humans , Injections, Intravenous , Male , Narcotics/administration & dosage , Opioid-Related Disorders/therapy
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Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol ; 104(4 Pt 1): 301-4, 1995 Apr.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-7717622

ABSTRACT

Sutton's disease is characterized by giant necrotizing ulcers around minor salivary glands and is of unknown cause. We report a case, review the medical literature, and discuss the treatment of this affliction.


Subject(s)
Stomatitis, Aphthous/diagnosis , Adult , Colchicine/therapeutic use , Diagnosis, Differential , Humans , Male , Recurrence , Stomatitis, Aphthous/drug therapy , Thalidomide/therapeutic use , Treatment Outcome
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Rev Prat ; 45(6): 722-7, 1995 Mar 15.
Article in French | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-7754310

ABSTRACT

Emergencies during HIV infection consist mainly in opportunistic infections. They are varied and the physician should keep an "internist's eye" on the condition; they also require emergency complementary examinations for confirmation of diagnosis. If such diagnostic tests cannot be rapidly made, treatment should be started on the basis of presumption and frequency. In France, the most frequently observed opportunistic infections are: pneumocystosis, cerebral toxoplasmosis and candidiasis. Tuberculosis is a major concern of those responsible for public health care. Surgical complications following infections or opportunistic tumours, are rare and of poor prognosis. Iatrogenic complications (haematologic, cutaneous and infectious) are also reasons for emergency care.


Subject(s)
AIDS-Related Complex/diagnosis , AIDS-Related Complex/surgery , HIV Infections/complications , Emergencies , Humans
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