Selective monoamine oxidase type B MAOB inhibitors

The clinical benefit of monoamine oxidase type B (MAO-B) inhibitors is thought to arise from an ability of these medications to enhance the level of dopamine by decreasing the catabolism. Additional...

Meth Vaccine Can Help Fight Addiction

A methamphetamine vaccine, successfully tested on animals, could be the first specific treatment for people with meth addiction. The finding, published in the journal Biological Psychiatry, came from...

MH6 vaccine shows promise in treating meth addiction

Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have performed successful tests of an experimental methamphetamine vaccine on rats. Vaccinated animals that received the drug were largely protected...

US pharmaceutical exports to Iran - comment from The Economist Intelligence Unit

There have been several reports in the past few months that Iran is finding it hard to get essential medicines, even though humanitarian imports are excluded from the sanctions. Some people have dis...

Health care: Medical supplies in Iran hit by sanctions

The delivery and manufacture of vital medical supplies in Iran is being impeded by bilateral sanctions on the country's economy, imposed to force Iran to comply with international rules on nuclear pro...

Methamphetamine withdrawal may lead to brain-related concerns for recovering addicts

University of Florida researchers have found changes in the behavior and in the brains of mice in withdrawal from methamphetamine addiction. These findings may affect the way physicians treat recoveri...

Iran's Khamenei: Israel risks 'lightning' reply

Iran's Supreme Leader warned Sunday that any Israeli attack would be answered with a "lightning" response by the Islamic Republic and suggested Iran's nuclear program cannot be curtailed by Western sa...

Pseudoephedrine Sales and Seizures of Clandestine Methamphetamine Laboratories in Kentucky

To the Editor: The illicit production of methamphetamine from the precursor pseudoephedrine in clandestine laboratories fuels up to 35% of the domestic supply. Public health, law enforcement, and medi...

BBC News examines HIV/AIDS in Iran

BBC News examines HIV/AIDS in Iran, writing, "In the 2000s, Iran became known as the region's leader in the fight against AIDS. Each year, the government allocates millions of dollars to prevent and m...

Determination of impurities in illicit methamphetamine samples seized in Iran.

In this study fifty samples of crystalline methamphetamine obtained from antinarcotics police of Iran seized during the year 2010 were analyzed. In order to determine the chemical characteristics of t...

Methanol poisoning in Iran, from 2000 to 2009.

Methanol poisoning continues to be a serious problem in Iran; however, there is not yet any report of the prevalence of methanol intoxication. This report is a descriptive study of methanol intoxicati...

Death by 'ice': fatal methamphetamine intoxication of a body packer case detected by postmortem computed tomography (PMCT) and validated by autopsy.

Fatal acute methamphetamine (MA) poisoning in cases of internal drug trafficking is rarely described in the literature. This case study reports an MA 'body packer' who died from fatal methamphetamine...

Acute and residual interactive effects of repeated administrations of oral methamphetamine and alcohol in humans.

Although methamphetamine and alcohol are commonly used together in a binge-like pattern, there is a dearth of empirical data investigating the repeated effects of this drug combination. The current st...

Aggregate Versus Day Level Association Between Methamphetamine Use and HIV Medication Non-adherence Among Gay and Bisexual Men.

Methamphetamine use is associated with HIV infection, especially among gay and bisexual men. Methamphetamine use contributes to disease progression both directly, by increasing viral load and damaging...