Substance use & misuse · 2017
An Observational Study of Treatment Seeking Users of Natural Opiates from India.
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Parmar Arpit, Patil Vaibhav, Sarkar Siddharth, Rao Ravindra
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BACKGROUND: The type of opioid used influences the severity and complications experienced. Natural opiates (opium and poppy husk) use is a socio-culturally accepted phenomenon reported in India. However, studies on their profile, quality of life, and addiction severity are limited.
OBJECTIVES: The objective of this cross-sectional, observational study was to assess the socio-demographic profile, clinical profile, addiction severity, and quality of life of treatment-seeking natural opiate users.
METHOD: Hundred subjects aged 18-65 years using opium or poppy husk seeking outpatient treatment at a tertiary addiction treatment center in India were interviewed to collect information on their socio-demography, natural opiate, and other substance use. Additionally, their addiction severity and quality of life were assessed using Addiction Severity Index-Lite and WHO Quality of Life-Bref instrument, respectively.
RESULTS: All subjects were male with a mean age of 44.6 (±11.0) years. Majority (97%) used poppy husk daily orally. Curiosity/experimentation (63%) was the most common reason for starting opiate use. The past month rates of tobacco, alcohol, cannabis, and sedative-hypnotics use was 58%, 33%, 3%, and 12%, respectively. Only 4% injected any opioid. Inability to afford opiates (72%) was the most common reason for seeking treatment. Rates of medical, familial, social, psychological, and legal complications were low, while the WHOQOL-BREF scores fell between 40 and 50 across various domains. Conclusions/Importance: Natural opiate users may constitute distinct subgroup of opioid users with fewer/no complications despite long duration of uninterrupted use. These findings would be important in planning management strategies for people dependent on natural opiates.
OBJECTIVES: The objective of this cross-sectional, observational study was to assess the socio-demographic profile, clinical profile, addiction severity, and quality of life of treatment-seeking natural opiate users.
METHOD: Hundred subjects aged 18-65 years using opium or poppy husk seeking outpatient treatment at a tertiary addiction treatment center in India were interviewed to collect information on their socio-demography, natural opiate, and other substance use. Additionally, their addiction severity and quality of life were assessed using Addiction Severity Index-Lite and WHO Quality of Life-Bref instrument, respectively.
RESULTS: All subjects were male with a mean age of 44.6 (±11.0) years. Majority (97%) used poppy husk daily orally. Curiosity/experimentation (63%) was the most common reason for starting opiate use. The past month rates of tobacco, alcohol, cannabis, and sedative-hypnotics use was 58%, 33%, 3%, and 12%, respectively. Only 4% injected any opioid. Inability to afford opiates (72%) was the most common reason for seeking treatment. Rates of medical, familial, social, psychological, and legal complications were low, while the WHOQOL-BREF scores fell between 40 and 50 across various domains. Conclusions/Importance: Natural opiate users may constitute distinct subgroup of opioid users with fewer/no complications despite long duration of uninterrupted use. These findings would be important in planning management strategies for people dependent on natural opiates.