ArticleDaru : journal of Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences2013
Crystal in Iran: methamphetamine or heroin kerack.
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- Study of Methamphetamine Use in Patients Referred to Emergency Ward of a General Hospital at North of Iran in 2017.Addiction & health · 2019Article
- Withdrawing attempt and its related factors among Iranian substance users: a case-control study.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2018Article
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- The Prevalence of Methamphetamine Dependence among Iranian Women in Methadone Maintenance Therapy in Tehran, Iran.Iranian journal of psychiatry · 2018Article
- Evaluation of blood lead level in methamphetamine users in Tehran.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2017Article
- Women-only drug treatment services and needs in Iran: the first review of current literature.Daru : journal of Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences · 2016Review
- Iran's Activities on Prevention, Treatment and Harm Reduction of Drug Abuse.International journal of high risk behaviors & addiction · 2015Review
- The Persian methamphetamine use in methadone treatment in Iran: implication for prevention and treatment in an upper-middle income country.Daru : journal of Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences · 2015Article
- Comparison of acute effects of heroin and Kerack on sensory and motor activity of honey bees (Apis mellifera).Iranian journal of basic medical sciences · 2015Article
- Maintenance Treatment with Opium Tincture: A Preliminary Qualitative Study of the Factors Related to Treatment entry.Iranian journal of public health · 2014Article
- Treating methamphetamine-induced resistant psychosis with clozapine.Case reports in psychiatry · 2014Article
- Synthesis and psychobiological evaluation of modafinil analogs in mice.Daru : journal of Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences · 2013Article
- A brief overview of methamphetamine use treatment in Iran: Intervention and practice.Journal of research in medical sciences : the official journal of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences · 2013Article
- Pattern and trend of substance abuse in eastern rural iran: a household survey in a rural community.Journal of addiction · 2013Article
- A comparison of pattern of psychiatric symptoms in inpatients with bipolar disorder type one with & without methamphetamine use.Medical journal of the Islamic Republic of IranArticle
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Abstract
In recent years, methamphetamine use has dramatically increased in Iran while there is a crucial misunderstanding about the colloquial words related to methamphetamine among health providers, policy makers, clinicians, scholars and people in the community. The word Crystal refers to methamphetamine in some parts of Iran while in some other parts of the country, Crystal refers to a high purity street-level heroin which is called Kerack and its abuse is epidemic. Methamphetamine and heroin Kerack are different drugs in Iran. Methamphetamine is a stimulant drug while heroin Kerack is an opioid. Health providers especially clinicians and emergency medicine specialists should consider colloquial words that Iranian drug users apply. Special training courses should be designed and implemented for clinicians in Iran to inform them about methamphetamine and its frequently used colloquial words in the community. This issue has important clinical and health implications.
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