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Volume 2, Issue 2, March 2017

  • The Perceptions of Health Care Providers on the Current Therapeutic Utility of Codeine Containing Cough Syrups in Askira-Uba Local Government Area of Borno State Nigeria

    Uthman Garba Sadiq, Danjuma Charles Uba

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 2-1, March 2017
    Pages: 1-6
    Received: 17 July 2016
    Accepted: 19 July 2016
    Published: 14 February 2017
    DOI: 10.11648/j.apn.s.2017020201.11
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    This article belongs to the Special Issue Substance Abuse: Perspectives, Trends, Issues and the Way Forward
    Abstract: The non-medical consumption of codeine containing cough syrups (CCCS) in some communities of Northern Nigeria has become a subject of public concern of recent, largely due to its potential health hazards on the users and socio-economic impacts on the Society. The following work studied the drug prescribers’ and dispensers’ perceptions on the usage ... Show More
  • Emerging Perspectives on Drugs of Abuse: A Focus on Gadagi Consumption in Kano, Nigeria

    Aminu Mohammed Dukku

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 2-1, March 2017
    Pages: 7-14
    Received: 24 September 2016
    Accepted: 30 September 2016
    Published: 14 February 2017
    DOI: 10.11648/j.apn.s.2017020201.12
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    This article belongs to the Special Issue Substance Abuse: Perspectives, Trends, Issues and the Way Forward
    Abstract: This article investigated the consumption of gadagi (alysicarpus ovalifloius) in Kano, Nigeria. Appealing to many, especially of gullible youths, its emergence and popularization were traced. Due to its popularization, individuals within the neighborhoods become prone to gadagi and vulnerable to some masked risks and deviant acts. Using anomie, ava... Show More
  • The Influence of Substance Abuse on Youths’ Prospects in Nigeria and the Way Forward

    Maikano Madaki, Aminu Mohammed Dukku

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 2-1, March 2017
    Pages: 15-20
    Received: 24 September 2016
    Accepted: 30 September 2016
    Published: 14 February 2017
    DOI: 10.11648/j.apn.s.2017020201.13
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    This article belongs to the Special Issue Substance Abuse: Perspectives, Trends, Issues and the Way Forward
    Abstract: The youth today, live with two contrasting facts or social realities. Glowing potentials and prospects on the one hand, enormous challenges on the other. The first social fact reflect existing unlimited accomplishments and prospects in form of growing educational pursuits, surging rates of wider internet access, computer and IT services utilization... Show More
  • Prevalence of Psychiatric Symptoms and Correlation Between Psychiatric Domain of ASI and Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale Among Patients with Substance Use Disorders in Northeastern Nigeria

    Yerima Mukhtar Mohammed, Onifade Peter Olutunde, Ibrahim Abdu Wakawa, Pindar Sadique Kwajaffa, Jidda Mohammed Said, Musami Umar Baba, Wakil Musa Abba

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 2-1, March 2017
    Pages: 21-26
    Received: 25 September 2016
    Accepted: 30 September 2016
    Published: 14 February 2017
    DOI: 10.11648/j.apn.s.2017020201.14
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    This article belongs to the Special Issue Substance Abuse: Perspectives, Trends, Issues and the Way Forward
    Abstract: The use of psychoactive substances is a common and ubiquitous behavior globally with considerable burden, mortality and morbidity. There is considerable degree of psycho-social, psychiatric and medical problems associated with the abuse of psychoactive substances. Few studies have examined the prevalence of psychiatric symptoms among patients with ... Show More
  • Cognitive Impairment/Dementia in HIV Patients in a Faith Based Clinic

    Piwuna C. G., Piwuna T. O., Obindo J. T., Tungchama F. P., Bankat M. A.

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 2-1, March 2017
    Pages: 27-30
    Received: 28 September 2016
    Accepted: 30 September 2016
    Published: 14 February 2017
    DOI: 10.11648/j.apn.s.2017020201.15
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    This article belongs to the Special Issue Substance Abuse: Perspectives, Trends, Issues and the Way Forward
    Abstract: Human Immuno-deficiency (HIV) Virus is usually among other disorders associated with cognitive impairment and dementia adding to the burden of the disease in affected individuals and the quality of care. A cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out in a non-governmental organization caring for patients with the disease in Jos, North Central ... Show More
  • Tramadol Abuse Among Patients Attending An Addiction Clinic in North-Eastern Nigeria: Outcome of a Four Year Retrospective Study

    Ibrahim A. W., Yerima M. M., Pindar S. K., Onyencho V. C., Ahmed H. K., Machina B. K., Shehu S., Rabbebe I. B., Wakil M. A.

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 2-1, March 2017
    Pages: 31-37
    Received: 28 September 2016
    Accepted: 30 September 2016
    Published: 14 February 2017
    DOI: 10.11648/j.apn.s.2017020201.16
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    This article belongs to the Special Issue Substance Abuse: Perspectives, Trends, Issues and the Way Forward
    Abstract: The 21st century Nigeria has witnessed changing trends in the patterns of psychoactive substance use with Tramadol HCl emerging as a candidate drug in the North-eastern region of the country. This study assessed the prevalence, patterns and the reasons behind the sustained use of Tramadol in a sub-population of drug users. This is a retrospective c... Show More
  • Glia and Addiction: A Review

    Alhassan Abdulwahab, Sale Ibrahim Alhaji, Lawan Ibrahim, Uthman Garba Sadiq

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 2-1, March 2017
    Pages: 38-41
    Received: 14 November 2016
    Accepted: 19 November 2016
    Published: 14 February 2017
    DOI: 10.11648/j.apn.s.2017020201.17
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    This article belongs to the Special Issue Substance Abuse: Perspectives, Trends, Issues and the Way Forward
    Abstract: Glia (including astrocytes, microglia and oligodendrocytes), which constitute the majority of cells in the brain were thought to function as passive supportive cells, bringing nutrients to and removing wastes from the neurons. Glia cells have almost the same receptors as neurons, secrete neurotransmitters, neurotrophic and neuroinflammatory factors... Show More
  • A Survey of the Usage and Users of Codeine Containing Cough Syrups in Maiduguri Nigeria

    Garba Uthman S., Sholey Zakama G., Maryam Modu B., Usama Bugaje U.

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 2-1, March 2017
    Pages: 42-46
    Received: 09 January 2017
    Accepted: 12 January 2017
    Published: 14 February 2017
    DOI: 10.11648/j.apn.s.2017020201.18
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    This article belongs to the Special Issue Substance Abuse: Perspectives, Trends, Issues and the Way Forward
    Abstract: The Directorate of Narcotic and Controlled substances of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and control (NAFDAC) disclosed that a large number of Nigerians are abusing the prescription of codeine. The following work studied this illicit drug utilization in Maiduguri metropolitan Area of Borno State of Nigeria, with the aim of unde... Show More