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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Journal of Social Health and Diabetes 2016; 04(01): 006-010
DOI: 10.4103/2321-0656.176570
DOI: 10.4103/2321-0656.176570
Review Article
Opioid use and diabetes: An overview
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Publication History
Publication Date:
23 November 2018 (online)
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Abstract
Illicit opioids have emerged as a major public health problem over the past century. It continues to remain so in the current times. From the studies conducted among the animals, it has been clear that there are acute as well as chronic effects of opioids on the endocrine system. Diabetes has been recognized as a major public health concern and is expected to be a major problem in the coming decades. In this article, we shall discuss the effects of opioids in the glucose homeostasis in both the animal population and human population and its relation to diabetes.
Buprenorphine -
diabetes mellitus -
methadone -
naltrexone -
opioids
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