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A broad review of current knowledge of inhalant abuse problems is presented for clinicians and others in the community and to stimulate further study. Inhalant abuse is especially a problem of the very young: solvents are available, inexpensive, and conve...
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The theory of reasoned action (TRA) was used to estimate adolescents� vulnerability to inhalant abuse, operationalized by intentions to use or avoid inhalants. The model correctly differentiated 78% of all respondents (N = 596). A second analysis highlighted variables that discriminated properly identified from misclassified youth. ...
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... to "get high." Almost any aerosol or liquid solvent can be used as an inhalant. Examples of ... Why should I worry about inhalant abuse? Inhaling solvents can cause the heart to beat irregularly, too ...
The monograph is based upon papers and discussion from the RAUS review on the epidemiology of inhalant abuse which took place on September 30 and October 1, 1986 at Rockville, Maryland. Topics include: An overview; Current topics; Inhalant abuse by young ...
Describes the epidemiology of inhalant use and abuse in the United States and in selected countries around the world. Also describes unique problems associated with investigations of inhalant abuse and suggests methodologies that might be utilized to inve...
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on the central nervous system, and can also cause irreversible kidney and liver damage. Symptoms of toluene abuseInhalant Abuse: A Growing Public Health Problem Inhalants are breathable chemical vapors and not generally thought of as drugs. Inhalant abuse or "huffing" is disturbingly common ...
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Topics Drugs of Abuse - Alcohol Club Drugs Cocaine Heroin Inhalants LSD (Acid) Marijuana MDMA (Ecstasy) Methamphetamine PCP/Phencyclidine Prescription Medications Steroids...
A 4 year old boy with excellent inhaler technique was found to be abusing his salbutamol and beclomethasone dipropionate inhalers. This resulted in aggressive behaviour and probable hallucinations.
This publication consists of papers and discussion from a comprehensive RAUS (Research Analysis and Utilization System) review focusing on factors relating to a multi-year increase in inhalant abuse among high school seniors. The document contains the following articles: (1) "Inhalant Overview" (Raquel A. Crider and Beatrice A. Rouse); ...
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Inhalant abuse � also known as volatile substance abuse, solvent abuse, sniffing, huffing and bagging � is the deliberate inhalation of a volatile substance to achieve an altered mental state. Inhalant abuse is a worldwide problem that is especially ...
National surveys indicate that more than 22.9 million Americans have abused inhalants at least once in their lives. NIDA's Monitoring the Future study reveals that approximately 17.3 percent of eighth-graders have abused inhalants. Parents and children ne...
Inhalant and prescription medication abuse, particularly among adolescents, are serious problems in our society. Several risk factors associated with inhalant and medication abuse among adolescents have been identified. As a result, adolescents may suffer multiple consequences in a range of developmental areas. The ...
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... same time Inhalant use and abuse constitute a public health problem that disproportionately affects youths. The 2006 National ... Discussion Inhalant use continues to be a serious public health problem that can have potentially dire consequences for ...
...100 Amyl nitrite inhalant as a prescription drug for human use. (a) Amyl nitrite inhalant...32 FR 12404), the Commissioner of Food and Drugs received reports of the abuse of this drug by those who do not require it for...
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How Is Cocaine Abused? Three routes of administration are commonly used for cocaine: snorting, injecting, and smoking. Snorting is the process of inhaling ...
Objective: Little is known about adolescents with DSM-IV-defined inhalant abuse and dependence. The aim of this study was to compare comorbidity among (1) adolescents with inhalant use disorders, (2) adolescents who reported using inhalants without inhalant use disorder, and (3) other ...
This brochure is aimed at helping Asian American and Pacific Islander adults communicate with young people about the consequences of inhalant abuse. The booklet addresses the issue of preventing youth substance abuse as part of balancing traditional values with American culture. Also explained are symptoms of ...
Although many parents are appropriately concerned about illicit drugs such as marijuana, cocaine, and LSD, they often ignore the dangers posed to their children from common household products such as glues, nail polish remover, lighter fluid, spray paints, deodorant and hair sprays, canned whipped cream, and cleaning fluids. Many young people inhale the vapors from these ...
What are inhalants? Inhalants are breathable chemical vapors or gases that produce psychoactive (mind-altering) effects when abused or misused. These include volatile organic solvents, fuel gases, nitrites, and anesthetic gases. They do not include inhaled medicinal drugs that are taken as prescribed. Once commonly ...
School youth have been increasingly involved in the dangerous abuse of volatile inhalants. The basic reason to inhale substances is to reach an altered state of consciousness. The 12-17 and 18-25-year-old age groups had the highest rates of inhalant abuse in 1993. Among eighth graders, almost ...
The document presents a collection of articles about inhalant abuse. Article 1 presents findings on the psychophysiological effects related to the use of amyl or butyl nitrate as a "recreational drug." Article 2 suggests a strong association between chronic sniffing of the solvent toulene and irreversible brain damage. Article 3 warns about the possible ...
Preventing and treating inhalant use problems, as well as raising awareness about the dangers of inhalant use, are important ongoing goals of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Monitoring trends in inhalant use is vital to assessing policies intended to reduce ...
... time. 1 Routes of administration for heroin include inhalation, injection, smoking, and other means such as oral ingestion. Prior DASIS reports indicated increased inhalation among primary heroin admissions to substance abuse treatment ...
Substance abuse is well documented among bodybuilders and weight lifters keen to enhance their performance. A case is described of abuse of caffeine to toxic levels by an amateur bodybuilder and is believed to be the first documented case of such recreational abuse.
of users by demographics & specific drugs: includes data on Any Illicit Drug Use, Marijuana and Hashish, Cocaine, Crack, Heroin, Hallucinogens, LSD, PCP, Ecstasy, Inhalants,...
with unsafe sexual practices that increase the risk of contracting or transmitting infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS and hepatitis. For More Information Copies of the...
Inhalants generally affect the same areas of the brain as alcohol and other addictive drugs, so it is not surprising that abusers experience intoxication in addition to nausea,...
... individuals who are often very risk-affinitive. The Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program was created by the ... about the dangers of smoking, tobacco advertising, and drug abuse. This program en...
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The effects of nickel chloride inhalation on the enhancement of experimentally induced streptococcal infections were studied. Exposure to nickel chloride for 2 hr produced significant enhancement in mortality. This response was observed for 24 hr after the nickel chloride exposur...
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SummaryGlycine receptor function mediates most inhibitory neurotransmission in the brainstem and spinal cord and is enhanced by alcohols, volatile anesthetics, inhaled drugs of abuse, and endogenous compounds including zinc. Because zinc exists ubiquitously throughout the brain, investigations of its effects on the ...
Objective:Inhalants are a serious public health concern and a dangerous form of substance use. An important unresolved issue in the inhalant literature concerns the validity of inhalant-use diagnoses and the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, distinction between inhalant ...
Volatile solvent abuse (VSA) is defined at the "intentional inhalation of a volatile substance for the purpose of achieving a euphoric state". The lifetime prevalence of VSA in the UK remains steady at around 15%, the fourth highest rate in Europe, and VSA is the most common form of drug abuse in the 11-15 year age group in England and ...
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Two children from a small Amerindian community presented with profound retardation, initial hypotonia progressing to hypertonia, scaphocephaly, a prominent occiput, poor postnatal head growth, and additional minor anomalies. Abuse of gasoline by inhalation was to widespread problem in the community, and gasoline inhalation during the ...
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Background:Although buprenorphine abusers are a common clinical entity, literature on them is rare in Nepal.Aim:To assess whether injectable opioid abusers are any different a subgroup vis-a-vis brown sugar abusers in relation to their demographic and clinical profiles.Materials and Methods:Seventy-six opioid ...
Objective To examine the prevalence and correlates of mood, anxiety, and personality disorders among lifetime inhalant users.Methods Statistical analyses were based on data from the 2001?2002 National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC), a nationally representative survey of adults in the United States.Results Inhalant users (N ...
Inhaled substances can modify behavior by their toxic action, or because they are discriminable events, or because they can support or suppress behavior. They can be used as discriminative stimuli at concentrations above the olfactory threshold. Inhalants can elicit unconditioned reflexes. As aversive stimuli, they can be studied in respondent conditioning ...
Nitrite inhalants have been commonly abused substances in the United States. Nitrite inhalants and AIDS was a popular topic in the early 1980s, when the cause of AIDS was not known. With the discovery of HIV, concern about nitrite use in the USA waned. However, nitrite inhalant use is associated with behavioral ...
Introduction and Aims. Inhalants are frequently among the first drugs abused by adolescents; however, little is known about how chronic inhalant abuse affects cognition (e.g. executive functioning). Several studies have examined cognitive deficits among inhalant users; however, no study has ...
Table of Contents: Plenary Session; In Memoriam: Stanley L. Wallenstein, Ph.D. - 1921 - 1996; College on Problems of Drug Dependence Presidential Address 1996: Inhalant Abuse, Forgotten Drug Abuse Problem; The National Institute on Drug Abuse; Changes, Ch...
Methamphetamine (MA) use is becoming commonplace, and emergency physicians (EPs) are seeing patients with abuse-associated complications. Previous reports have described inhalational and intravenous routes. We present the second case of rectal MA abuse in the literature. Trans-rectal use is important for EPs to consider because ongoing ...
Inhalants, as a class of drugs, consists of heterogeneous substances that include some of the most dangerous drugs on a per use basis. Research on inhalant abuse has lagged behind other drugs partly because of the need for a diagnostic instrument of different types of inhalants. This study was conducted to obtain ...
BackgroundInhalant use is among the most pernicious and poorly understood forms of adolescent substance use. Many youth in the juvenile justice system have used inhalants, but little is known about inhalant use disorders (IUDs) in antisocial youth populations. The purpose of this study was to examine the prevalence, clinical features, ...
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ABSTRACT: A 56 year old aromatherapist presented with advanced renal failure following chronic coal tar creosote vapour inhalation, and a chronic tubulo-interstitial nephritis was identified on renal biopsy. Following dialysis dependence occult inhalation continued, resulting in seizures, ataxia, cognitive impairment and marked generalised cerebral ...
A 56 year old aromatherapist presented with advanced renal failure following chronic coal tar creosote vapour inhalation, and a chronic tubulo-interstitial nephritis was identified on renal biopsy. Following dialysis dependence occult inhalation continued, resulting in seizures, ataxia, cognitive impairment and marked generalised cerebral atrophy. We ...
Abuse of fluorinated hydrocarbons is on the rise, especially among the adolescent population. These products are potentially hazardous and pose substantial risks when abused. The psychosocial aspects related to inhalant abuse, and the treatment of adolescents with inhalant injuries is unique. ...
The use of substances as the substrate for atrial fibrillation is not frequently recognized. Chocolate is derived from the roasted seeds of the plant theobroma cacao and its components are the methylxanthine alkaloids theobromine and caffeine. Caffeine is a methylxanthine whose primary biological effect is the competitive antagonism of the adenosine receptor. Normal consumption of caffeine was not ...
Background:There are very few studies reporting inhalant abuse/dependence from India.Materials and Methods:Consecutive treatment seeking inhalant abuse cases (n = 21) were studied for the sociodemographic and clinical profile by using a semi-structured interview schedule.Results:A typical case profile was: ...
This article discusses the intersection of the justice system and elder abuse, arguing for a multidisciplinary framework for approaching the problem. It concludes with 12 recommendations for enhancing the justice system's response to elder abuse. PMID:20390826
The goal of this project was to better understand what interventions are successful in reducing the risk of future abuse, neglect or exploitation among elder abuse victims. The objectives were to: Enhance the Illinois Department on Aging's existing elder ...
There is some basis for the perception that Indian youth are more susceptible to inhalant use than their non-Indian peers. Many Indian youth live in disadvantaged and often stressful environments that set the stage for turning to drugs for relief or to seek excitement. Inhalants are cheap and available even to very young children. While levels of ...
... 04?3964). Rockville, MD: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. "Any illicit drug" refers to marijuana/hashish, cocaine (including crack), inhalants, hallucinogens (including LSD ...
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"Huffing," the form of substance abuse involving inhalants, is growing in popularity because of the ease and availability of chemical inhalants in many household products. The purpose in huffing is to achieve euphoria when the chemicals in question interact with the central nervous system in combination with oxygen displacement. The ...
A case report is presented of a young male who sustained a second-degree frostbite injury to the oral cavity, to include lower lip, hard palate, tongue, and buccal mucosa. This unusual injury occurred as a result of substance abuse: an attempt to inhale an aerosolized propane propellant as a means to achieve euphoria.
Domestic abuse is a significant public health problem in the UK, primarily perpetrated against women. Nurses can play a vital role in identifying patients who have experienced abuse, and in offering them emotional, psychological and practical support. This article explores the causes of domestic abuse, and nurses' role in caring for ...
There are many issues concerning women of all ages and substance abuse. Women who abuse alcohol or other drugs are particularly at risk for sexual assault; unprotected sex; unwanted pregnancies; and sexually transmitted diseases. Females between the ages of 12 and 17 surpass males in their use of cigarettes; cocaine; crack; inhalants; ...
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Salmeterol is a frequently prescribed ?2-agonist used for the treatment of asthma. Due to performance-enhancing effects of some ?2-agonists, salmeterol appears on the prohibited list published by the World Anti-Doping Agency and its therapeutic use is allowed but restricted to inhalation. Because the data on urinary concentrations originating from ...
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... A better understanding of the consequences of androgen action in bone is particularly important given increased anabolic steroid abuse. ...
Animal infectivity models have been important in the demonstration of enhanced susceptibility to viral and bacterial infection as a result of low-level toxicant exposure. The study demonstrated an enhanced and prolonged viral infection using an influenza ...
Animal infectivity models have been important in the demonstration of enhanced susceptibility to viral and bacterial infection as a result of low level toxicant exposure. his study demonstrated an enhanced and prolonged viral infection using an influenza virus infectivity model i...
Volatile substance abuse (VSA) (glue sniffing, inhalant abuse, solvent abuse), the deliberate inhalation of volatile substances in order to achieve intoxication, has now been reported from most parts of the world, mainly among adolescents, individuals living in remote communities and those ...
Studies consistently indicate that inhalant use is associated with increased mental health problems in adolescents, but few investigations have focused on the potential relationship of inhalant use to suicidality (ideation or attempt). This study examined how different levels of volatile solvent use relate to suicidal ideation and attempted suicide among ...
... that DCs from SRA KO mice would show altered migration and maturation, which would possibly explain the observation of enhanced allergy in the ...
... vaccines in animal models using intranasal/inhalation and transdermal delivery methods. ... training objectives in response to enhanced demand post ...
Pain is the most common reason for medical care in the United States (Vukmir, 2004), with 32.8% of the U.S. population experiencing persistent or chronic pain symptoms. Undertreatment of pain is pervasive, as Congress declared 2001 to 2010 "the decade of pain control in research" and pharmaceutical companies responded with more effective medications to fight pain. However, nonmedical use and ...
Isobutyl nitrite is a drug of abuse popular among male homosexuals and among adolescents. In order to approximate the nitrite exposures of inhalant abusers, mice were treated with 900 ppm isobutyl nitrite in an inhalation chamber for 45 min per day for 14 days. At 72 hr after the last exposure, mice were assayed ...
The drug discrimination procedure in animals has been extensively utilized to model the abuse related, subjective effects of drugs in humans, but it has seldom been used to examine abused volatile inhalants like toluene. The present study sought to characterize the temporal aspects of toluene's discriminative stimulus as well assess ...
Fentanyl is a potent opioid analgesic that is increasingly becoming a choice drug of abuse. Fentanyl transdermal patches (FTPs) are easily obtained and consumed by smoking the reservoir gel and/or the whole patch. This allows for an increased bioavailability when inhaled. A method using analytical pyrolysis was developed to identify possible biomarkers ...
Toluene is an organic solvent that is widely used by industry and is ubiquitous in our environment. As a result, exposure to solvents like toluene in work-related settings (i.e., relatively constant, low-level exposures) or through inhalant abuse (i.e., relatively intermittent, high-level exposures) is increasing for many women of reproductive age. ...
Glycine receptor function mediates most inhibitory neurotransmission in the brainstem and spinal cord and is enhanced by alcohols, volatile anesthetics, inhaled drugs of abuse, and endogenous compounds including zinc. Because zinc exists ubiquitously throughout the brain, investigations of its effects on the ...
This study examined the prevalence of and risk factors for sexual abuse of boys in South Korea by asking a national sample of 1,043 adult males whether they had experienced sexual abuse during childhood. The results indicate that 13.5% experienced at least one of the nine types of child sexual abuse assessed. In addition, the majority ...
In a follow-up study of incarcerated Connecticut youth, 69 subjects were interviewed during young adulthood. On follow-up, 26 gave histories of abuse discrepant with histories obtained from records and interviews conducted in adolescence. Eleven subjects agreed to an additional clarification interview, at which time they were apprised of the discrepancies. Of these, eight had ...
