opium/dental caries

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of opium in causing oral cancer. METHODS Eighty patients and 80 selected matched controls who were referred to the ear-nose-throat department of an academic hospital were included in this study between October 2008 and September 2010. In

To determine the effects of opium on serum glucose, potassium and sodium in male and female Wistar rat, opium solution (60 mg/kg) injected intraperitoneally and the same volume of distilled water was used as control (7 rats in each group). Blood samples were collected at 0, 30, 60, 120, 240 and 360

The Kunming mice were selected as subjects. Animals were allowed to move and drink freely. The Naloxone(0.02 mg/g) was injected by abdominal cavity. The ability to body temperature stable by mice under the environment with high temperature (41 degrees C, 43 degrees C) was observed. The results

BACKGROUND The present study was conducted to evaluate keratinization as well as nuclear and cytoplasmic changes of oral epithelial cells among smokers, opium addicts and non-smokers through exfoliative cytology technique. METHODS Smears of buccal mucosa and mouth floor were collected from 300 males

BACKGROUND As one of the most common cancers among head and neck malignancies, cancer of the oral cavity probably has some variations in countries with a high prevalence of esophageal cancer. METHODS Patients with oral cavity cancer who were treated at two tertiary referral centers from January 1999

Scant evidence exists to support the association of opium use with head and neck cancer, limited to the larynx and oral cavity. In a multicenter case-control study -Iran Opium and Cancer study (IROPICAN), we recruited 633 cases of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) (254 lip and oral

Opium is a substance extracted from Papaver somniferum L that is chronically abused specially in the traditional production regions. Reports on opium poisoning has largely disappeared from the occidental literature on drug problems but recent scientific articles show cases of death related to opium

Copper phthalocyanine tetrasulphonic acid (CPTS) functions were introduced into magnetic semi-permeable polyethyleneimine (PEI) microcapsules in order to create a recoverable scavenging system for trapping and biomonitoring, within the gastrointestinal cavity, of mutagens having a planar molecular

An increase in the incidence of abdominal pain in opioid abusers over a period of time increased the suspicion of lead poisoning. The severity of abdominal pain and its relationship with blood lead level (BLL) were investigated during a hospital outbreak. This was a descriptive, cross-sectional

Thebaine 6-O-demethylase (T6ODM) from Papaver somniferum (opium poppy), which belongs to the non-heme 2-oxoglutarate/Fe(II)-dependent dioxygenases (ODD) family, is a key enzyme in the morphine biosynthesis pathway. Initially, T6ODM was characterized as an enzyme catalyzing O-demethylation of

Evidence of herbal, animal, and chemical substances from the natural world used in medicines for otolaryngological problems, including opium, hyoscyamus, barley, honey, dried beans and peas, olives, fruits, Agaricus, castoreum, cassia, and afronitron, was traced in the Byzantine medical treatises,

In addition to numerous general health problems, drug dependents manifest various oral health disorders. Our aim was to investigate the oral health status and its determinants among in-treatment opiate dependents.

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