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CODEINE CONTAINING COUGH SYRUP ADDICTION IN ASSAM AND NAGALAND

The drug abuse monitoring study of Regional Medical Research Center, Dibrugarh, reported 181 and 395 addicts from the states of Assam and Nagaland respectively in one year. Of these, 48 (26.5%) and 49(12.4%) cases were contributed by the primary abuse of codeine containing cough syrups. A11 addicts...

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Autores principales: Wairagkar, Niteen S., Das, J., Kumar, S., Mahanta, J., Satyanarayana, K., Phukan, R.K., Chetia, M., Goswami, S.K.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 1994
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2972479/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21743687
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author Wairagkar, Niteen S.
Das, J.
Kumar, S.
Mahanta, J.
Satyanarayana, K.
Phukan, R.K.
Chetia, M.
Goswami, S.K.
author_facet Wairagkar, Niteen S.
Das, J.
Kumar, S.
Mahanta, J.
Satyanarayana, K.
Phukan, R.K.
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description The drug abuse monitoring study of Regional Medical Research Center, Dibrugarh, reported 181 and 395 addicts from the states of Assam and Nagaland respectively in one year. Of these, 48 (26.5%) and 49(12.4%) cases were contributed by the primary abuse of codeine containing cough syrups. A11 addicts were males in their early twenties. Most of the addicts were unmarried and educated up to matriculation. The majority of addicts in Assam were Hindus (85.4%) and in Nagaland Christians (81.63%). Unemployment was predominant in both the groups. The mean age for the first use of codeine cough syrup was 17.44 years (Assam) and 15.77 years (Nagaland). Nagaland had more chronic abusers. Addicts were used the oral route several times a day and friends were the main source of introduction. Mild forms of physical and psychiatric disorders were reported Easy over-the-counter availability, lesser expenditure, milder withdrawals and ease of consumption without secrecy were some of the reasons for the emergence of this new form of addiction in Assam and Nagaland.
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spelling pubmed-29724792011-07-08 CODEINE CONTAINING COUGH SYRUP ADDICTION IN ASSAM AND NAGALAND Wairagkar, Niteen S. Das, J. Kumar, S. Mahanta, J. Satyanarayana, K. Phukan, R.K. Chetia, M. Goswami, S.K. Indian J Psychiatry Original Article The drug abuse monitoring study of Regional Medical Research Center, Dibrugarh, reported 181 and 395 addicts from the states of Assam and Nagaland respectively in one year. Of these, 48 (26.5%) and 49(12.4%) cases were contributed by the primary abuse of codeine containing cough syrups. A11 addicts were males in their early twenties. Most of the addicts were unmarried and educated up to matriculation. The majority of addicts in Assam were Hindus (85.4%) and in Nagaland Christians (81.63%). Unemployment was predominant in both the groups. The mean age for the first use of codeine cough syrup was 17.44 years (Assam) and 15.77 years (Nagaland). Nagaland had more chronic abusers. Addicts were used the oral route several times a day and friends were the main source of introduction. Mild forms of physical and psychiatric disorders were reported Easy over-the-counter availability, lesser expenditure, milder withdrawals and ease of consumption without secrecy were some of the reasons for the emergence of this new form of addiction in Assam and Nagaland. Medknow Publications 1994 /pmc/articles/PMC2972479/ /pubmed/21743687 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Psychiatry http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Wairagkar, Niteen S.
Das, J.
Kumar, S.
Mahanta, J.
Satyanarayana, K.
Phukan, R.K.
Chetia, M.
Goswami, S.K.
CODEINE CONTAINING COUGH SYRUP ADDICTION IN ASSAM AND NAGALAND
title CODEINE CONTAINING COUGH SYRUP ADDICTION IN ASSAM AND NAGALAND
title_full CODEINE CONTAINING COUGH SYRUP ADDICTION IN ASSAM AND NAGALAND
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title_short CODEINE CONTAINING COUGH SYRUP ADDICTION IN ASSAM AND NAGALAND
title_sort codeine containing cough syrup addiction in assam and nagaland
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2972479/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21743687
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