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ArticleIndian journal of psychiatry2025

A comparison of the severity of substance use disorder in patients with natural opium use versus heroin use.

Mukesh Kumar Swami, Siddharth Sarkar, Naresh Nebhinani, Roshan Bhad, Surendra Singh Rajpurohit, Esha Sood, Pranshu Singh, Raja Babu Ramawat, Ashwani Kumar Mishra

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Mukesh Kumar SwamiDepartment of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
Siddharth SarkarNational Drug Dependence Treatment Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Naresh NebhinaniDepartment of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
Roshan BhadNational Drug Dependence Treatment Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Surendra Singh RajpurohitDepartment of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
Esha SoodNational Drug Dependence Treatment Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Pranshu SinghDepartment of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
Raja Babu RamawatNational Drug Dependence Treatment Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Ashwani Kumar MishraNational Drug Dependence Treatment Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.

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Background: Historically and culturally, natural opium is considered less harmful in comparison to heroin/pharmaceutical opioids, but the evidence regarding this is limited and mostly indirect. Aim: The aim of this analysis was to compare problems experienced by patients with natural opium and heroin use. Methods: The study is a secondary analysis of data collected during the development of the Assessment of Severity of Substance use for Outcomes Research and Treatment (ASSORT) scale. Patients with natural opium use ( Results: Natural opium users were of higher age and from a rural background. The ASSORT score was significantly lower among natural opium users than heroin users (mean 77.8 versus 99.7, Conclusion: Hence, patients with natural opium use experience fewer problems in comparison to those with heroin use.

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ASSORTnatural opiumsemisynthetic opioids

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