A comparison of the severity of substance use disorder in patients with natural opium use versus heroin use
Background: Historically and culturally, natural opium is considered less harmful in comparison to heroin/pharmaceutical opioids, but the evidence regarding this is limited and mostly indirect. Aim: The aim of this analysis was to compare problems experienced by patients with natural opium and heroi...
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| author | Mukesh Kumar Swami Siddharth Sarkar Naresh Nebhinani Roshan Bhad Surendra Singh Rajpurohit Esha Sood Pranshu Singh Raja Babu Ramawat Ashwani Kumar Mishra |
| author_facet | Mukesh Kumar Swami Siddharth Sarkar Naresh Nebhinani Roshan Bhad Surendra Singh Rajpurohit Esha Sood Pranshu Singh Raja Babu Ramawat Ashwani Kumar Mishra |
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| description | Background:
Historically and culturally, natural opium is considered less harmful in comparison to heroin/pharmaceutical opioids, but the evidence regarding this is limited and mostly indirect.
Aim:
The aim of this analysis was to compare problems experienced by patients with natural opium and heroin use.
Methods:
The study is a secondary analysis of data collected during the development of the Assessment of Severity of Substance use for Outcomes Research and Treatment (ASSORT) scale. Patients with natural opium use (n = 72) and heroin use (n = 172) were compared.
Results:
Natural opium users were of higher age and from a rural background. The ASSORT score was significantly lower among natural opium users than heroin users (mean 77.8 versus 99.7, P < 0.001). Natural opium users experienced fewer problems in all domains of ASSORT except problems in physical health.
Conclusion:
Hence, patients with natural opium use experience fewer problems in comparison to those with heroin use. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-95dd1e4394f3449c97b53da5550f2fc92025-08-20T03:29:45ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndian Journal of Psychiatry0019-55451998-37942025-06-0167662262610.4103/indianjpsychiatry_1162_24A comparison of the severity of substance use disorder in patients with natural opium use versus heroin useMukesh Kumar SwamiSiddharth SarkarNaresh NebhinaniRoshan BhadSurendra Singh RajpurohitEsha SoodPranshu SinghRaja Babu RamawatAshwani Kumar MishraBackground: Historically and culturally, natural opium is considered less harmful in comparison to heroin/pharmaceutical opioids, but the evidence regarding this is limited and mostly indirect. Aim: The aim of this analysis was to compare problems experienced by patients with natural opium and heroin use. Methods: The study is a secondary analysis of data collected during the development of the Assessment of Severity of Substance use for Outcomes Research and Treatment (ASSORT) scale. Patients with natural opium use (n = 72) and heroin use (n = 172) were compared. Results: Natural opium users were of higher age and from a rural background. The ASSORT score was significantly lower among natural opium users than heroin users (mean 77.8 versus 99.7, P < 0.001). Natural opium users experienced fewer problems in all domains of ASSORT except problems in physical health. Conclusion: Hence, patients with natural opium use experience fewer problems in comparison to those with heroin use.https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/indianjpsychiatry_1162_24assortnatural opiumsemisynthetic opioids |
| spellingShingle | Mukesh Kumar Swami Siddharth Sarkar Naresh Nebhinani Roshan Bhad Surendra Singh Rajpurohit Esha Sood Pranshu Singh Raja Babu Ramawat Ashwani Kumar Mishra A comparison of the severity of substance use disorder in patients with natural opium use versus heroin use Indian Journal of Psychiatry assort natural opium semisynthetic opioids |
| title | A comparison of the severity of substance use disorder in patients with natural opium use versus heroin use |
| title_full | A comparison of the severity of substance use disorder in patients with natural opium use versus heroin use |
| title_fullStr | A comparison of the severity of substance use disorder in patients with natural opium use versus heroin use |
| title_full_unstemmed | A comparison of the severity of substance use disorder in patients with natural opium use versus heroin use |
| title_short | A comparison of the severity of substance use disorder in patients with natural opium use versus heroin use |
| title_sort | comparison of the severity of substance use disorder in patients with natural opium use versus heroin use |
| topic | assort natural opium semisynthetic opioids |
| url | https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/indianjpsychiatry_1162_24 |
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