The prevalence, profiles and pattern of Drug Addiction in Bahawalpur City and its Suburbs

The prevalence, profiles and pattern of Drug Addiction in Bahawalpur City and its Suburbs

Authors

  • Mohammad Ashraf Ali
  • Rao Ahsan Ur Rehman Khan
  • Syed Ijlal Haider Rizvi

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21649/akemu.v9i3.1350

Keywords:

Drug Rehabilitation Center. Drug Addiction. Alcoholism. Diagnosis, Dual (Psychiatry). Hospital Units. Substance Abuse Detection. Hospital Departments. Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome. Prisoners.

Abstract

All the patients presenting in the outpatient department of the Drug Control & Rehabilitation Center QMC/BVH, Bahawalpur during the period starting from January 1995 to August 1999, with the presenting features of substance abuse were included in this study. A total of 3813 patients were included in the study during this period. All patients with any other underlying diseases or symptoms due to therapeutic usage of drugs were screened out of the purview of this study. Those with psychiatric illnesses were also ruled out. This study revealed that addiction with opium is on the rise as compared to heroin, in Bahawalpur region, after a period of relative neglect following the phenomenal epidemic of the latter.

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Published

07/02/2016

How to Cite

Ali, M. A., Khan, R. A. U. R., & Rizvi, S. I. H. (2016). The prevalence, profiles and pattern of Drug Addiction in Bahawalpur City and its Suburbs. Annals of King Edward Medical University, 9(3). https://doi.org/10.21649/akemu.v9i3.1350

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 3 (2003): AKEMU

Section

Research Articles

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