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    B vitamins status: Effect of prolonged heroin addiction and methadone treatment
    (1991-01-01) B. Prayurahong; P. Pongpaew; P. Migasena; N. Vudhivai; P. Busapathumrong; Mahidol University
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    Lack of increased HIV risk behavior among injection drug users participating in the AIDSVAX®B/E HIV vaccine trial in Bangkok, Thailand
    (2004-01-23) Frits Van Griensven; Jaranit Keawkungwal; Jordan W. Tappero; Udomsak Sangkum; Punnee Pitisuttithum; Suphak Vanichseni; Pravan Suntharasamai; Karin Orelind; Carolyn Gee; Kachit Choopanya; Thailand Ministry of Public Health; Mahidol University; Bangkok Metropolitan Administration; Bangkok Vaccine Evaluation Group; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; VaxGen, Inc.
    . At baseline, 61.3% were receiving methadone detoxification and 20.9% were receiving methadone maintenance. From baseline to the 12-month follow-up visit, injection drug use decreased from 93.8% to 66.5% (P < 0.001) and needle sharing from 33.0% to 17.5% (P< 0... (at baseline), younger age, and injection of methamphetamine and midazolam were associated with more-frequent needle sharing; methadone treatment and injecting less than weekly were associated with less-frequent needle sharing. Conclusions: Injection drug use
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    Factors associated with incarceration and incident human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection among injection drug users participating in an HIV vaccine trial in Bangkok, Thailand, 1999-2003
    (2009-02-01) Pravan Suntharasamai; Michael Martin; Suphak Vanichseni; Frits Van Griensven; Philip A. Mock; Punnee Pitisuttithum; Jordan W. Tappero; Udomsak Sangkum; Dwip Kitayaporn; Marc Gurwith; Kachit Choopanya; Mahidol University; Thailand Ministry of Public Health; National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention; Bangkok Vaccine Evaluation Group; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Bangkok Metropolitan Administration; Bumrungrad International Hospital; VaxGen, Inc.; Ministry of Public Healthy
    .0001) and sharing needles (P = 0.02) were associated with HIV infection and methadone maintenance was protective (P = 0.0006). Predictors of incarceration in multivariable analysis included: male sex (P = 0.04), younger age (P < 0.0001), less education (P = 0... prevention tools are needed urgently. HIV prevention services, including methadone, should be made available to IDUs. © 2009 The Authors.
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    Continued high HIV-1 incidence in a vaccine trial preparatory cohort of injection drug users in Bangkok, Thailand
    (2001-02-16) Suphak Vanichseni; Dwip Kitayaporn; Timothy D. Mastro; Philip A. Mock; Suwanee Raktham; Don C.Des Jarlais; Sathit Sujarita; La Ong Srisuwanvilai; Nancy L. Young; Chantapong Wasi; Shambavi Subbarao; William L. Heyward; José Esparza; Kachit Choopanya; Bangkok Metropolitan Administration; HIV/AIDS Collaboration; Mahidol University; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Beth Israel Medical Center; UNAIDS; VaxGen, Inc.; Thailand Ministry of Public Health
    of HIV-1 infection and related risk factors to guide prevention efforts and to evaluate the feasibility of conducting an HIV vaccine efficacy trial. Design and methods: A prospective cohort study in which IDUs attending methadone treatment programs... was not associated with increased risk for HIV-1. Risk factors for infection with HIV-1 subtypes E and B were similar. Conclusion: HIV-1 transmission risk remains high among Bangkok IDUs despite methadone treatment and other current prevention strategies
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    Trends in the injection of midazolam and other drugs and needle sharing among injection drug users enrolled in the AIDSVAX B/E HIV-1 vaccine trial in Bangkok, Thailand
    (2005-06-01) Frits Van Griensven; Punnee Pitisuttithum; Suphak Vanichseni; Paula Wichienkuer; Jordan W. Tappero; Udomsak Sangkum; Dwip Kitayaporn; Boonrawd Phasithiphol; Karin Orelind; Kachit Choopanya; Thailand Ministry of Public Health; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Mahidol University; Bangkok Vaccine Evaluation Group; VaxGen, Inc.
    ; younger age, reports of needle sharing and receiving methadone treatment were independently associated with more frequent midazolam injection. Preventive interventions to educate IDUs and midazolam prescribers are urgently needed. © 2005 Elsevier B.V. All
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    Viral load differences in early infection with two HIV-1 subtypes
    (2001-04-13) Dale J. Hu; Suphak Vanichseni; Timothy D. Mastro; Suwanee Raktham; Nancy L. Young; Philip A. Mock; Shambavi Subbarao; Bharat S. Parekh; La Ong Srisuwanvilai; Ruengpung Sutthent; Chantapong Wasi; Walid Heneine; Kachit Choopanya; National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention; Bangkok Metropolitan Administration; HIV/AIDS Collaboration; National Center for Infectious Diseases; Mahidol University
    and immunologic parameters following seroconversion among recently-infected persons infected with either of two different HIV-1 subtypes. Method: A prospective cohort study was carried out at methadone treatment clinics administered by the Bangkok Metropolitan
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    Reorganization of Substance Use Treatment and Harm Reduction Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Global Survey
    (2021-04-29) Seyed Ramin Radfar; Cornelis A.J. De Jong; Ali Farhoudian; Mohsen Ebrahimi; Parnian Rafei; Mehrnoosh Vahidi; Masud Yunesian; Christos Kouimtsidis; Shalini Arunogiri; Omid Massah; Abbas Deylamizadeh; Kathleen T. Brady; Anja Busse; Marc N. Potenza; Hamed Ekhtiari; Alexander Mario Baldacchino; Adrian Octavian Abagiu; Franck David Noel Abouna; Mohamed Hassan Ahmed; Basma Al-ansari; Feda Mahmmoud Abu Al-khair; Mandhar Humaid Almaqbali; Atul Ambekar; Hossein Mohaddes Ardabili; Sidharth Arya; Victor Olufolahan Lasebikan; Murad Ali Ayasreh; Debasish Basu; Zoubir Benmebarek; Roshan Bhad; Mario Blaise; Nicolas Bonnet; Jennifer Brasch; Barbara Broers; Jenna L. Butner; Moses Camilleri; Giovanna Campello; Giuseppe Carra; Ivan Celic; Fatemeh Chalabianloo; Abhishek Chaturvedi; José de Jesús Eduardo Noyola Cherpitel; Kelly J. Clark; Melissa Anne Cyders; Ernesto de Bernardis; John Edward Derry; Naveen Kumar Dhagudu; Pavla Dolezalova; Geert Dom; Adrian John Dunlop; Mahmoud Mamdouh Elhabiby; Hussien Elkholy; Nsidibe Francis Essien; Ghandi Ilias Farah; Marica Ferri; Georgios D. Floros; Catherine Friedman; Clara Hidalgo Fuderanan; Gilberto Gerra; Abhishek Ghosh; Maka Gogia; Ilias A. Grammatikopoulos; Paolo Grandinetti; Amira Guirguis; David Gutnisky; Paul Steven Haber; Peyman Hassani-Abharian; Zahra Hooshyari; Islam Ibrahim Mokhtar Ibrahim; Hada Fong ha Ieong; Regina Nova Indradewi; Shelly Iskandar; Shobhit Jain; Sandi James; Seyyed Mohammad hossein Javadi; Keun Ho Joe; Darius Jokubonis; Acka Tushevska Jovanova; Rama Mohamed Kamal; Alexander Ivanov Kantchelov; Preethy Kathiresan; Gary Katzman; Paul Kawale; Audrey Margaret Kern; Felix Henrique Paim Kessler; Sung Gon Sue Kim; Ann Marie Kimball; Zeljko Kljucevic; Kristiana Siste; Roneet Lev; Hae Kook Lee; Aiste Lengvenyte; Shaul Lev-ran; Geni Seseja Mabelya; Mohamed Ali El Mahi; J. Maphisa Maphisa; Icro Maremmani; Laura Masferrer; Orlagh McCambridge; Garrett Gregory McGovern; Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital; Iranian National Center for Addiction Studies; College of Medicine, University of Ibadan; Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine; School of Public Health; School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine; Swansea University Medical School; Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Laureate Institute for Brain Research; The University of Sydney School of Medicine; Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma University of Health Sciences; Melaka-Manipal Medical College, Manipal University; Národní Ústav Duševního Zdraví, Klecany; Psychiatric Hospital Vrap?e; United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Austria; University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences; Ministry of Health Oman; Université de Yaoundé I; Universitas Padjadjaran; Universitas Indonesia, RSUPN Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo; Vilniaus Universitetas; Al-Ahliyya Amman University; European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction; Ospedale Santa Chiara Pisa; Haukeland Universitetssjukehus; CUNY School of Medicine; Southern Health and Social Care Trust; Tehran University of Medical Sciences; The University of Sydney; Materials and Energy Research Centre Iran; Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; Medical University of South Carolina; University of Tehran; University of Botswana; Yale School of Medicine; Universiti Malaysia Sabah; Ain Shams University; Radboud Universiteit; Aristotle University of Thessaloniki; Ain Shams University, Faculty of Medicine; Scripps Mercy Hospital; Universiteit Antwerpen; Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca; Brown University; Eastern Health; School of Medicine; Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève; Universitat de Girona; All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; Jane & Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior; Tel Aviv University; The Catholic University of Korea; Universidad de Buenos Aires; Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, School of Medicine; The Mount Sinai Medical Center; Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh; Chatham House; Aġenzija Sedqa; Organization Against Drugs; Addiction medicine clinic; Division for Operations; Addiction Medicine Clinic; Addiction medicine clinic; Addiction medicine clinic; Hayat Center for Treatment and Psycho-social Rehabilitation; National Narcotics Board of Indonesia; SerT Lentini; Serenity Vista Addiction Treatment Center; Addiction Crisis Solutions; Community Health Work; Addiction medicine clinic; Priority Medical Clinic; Israel Center on Addiction; Fuderanan Mental Health Clinic; Sobriety Centers of New Hampshire; Naufar Institute; Al-Amal Psychiatric Hospital; National Center for Mental Health; Georgian Harm Reduction Network; African Institute for Development Policy; ESIC Medical College; Drug and Alcohol Clinical Services; Rebirth Charity Society NGO; Réseau de prévention des addictions (RESPADD); Marmottan Medical Center; Institute for Cognitive Science Studies; Public Health Institute of Split-Dalmatia County; Republican Centre for Addictive Disorders; Heritage Institute of Medical Sciences; Kantchelov Clinic; Center for Research and Information on Substance Abuse; ASL Teramo; National Institute for Infectious Diseases
    % of countries reported having had any business continuity plan, and 37.5% of countries reported shortages of methadone or buprenorphine supplies. Participants of 41% of countries reported partial discontinuation of harm-reduction services such as needle