Interdisciplinary Legal Studies

Interdisciplinary Legal Studies

The Evaluation of Clinical and Paraclinical (Laboratory or ECG) in Methadone Toxication

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
1 Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran.
2 Associate Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran.
Abstract
Background
Nowadays, drug abuse is increasing globally, and methadone toxicity, which is also available as addiction treatment, has also increased. Therefore, due to the increased availability of methadone and the novelty of its toxication phenomena, this study aimed to determine the prevalence of methadone toxicity and its Clinical laboratory findings was done.
Materials and Methods
In this study, the cases of 214 patients who had referred to Razi Hospital in Guilan province due to methadone toxication were investigated. The researcher recorded the necessary information through the patients' files. Analyzing the collected data using SPSS software version 19 and using central indicators and dispersion of statistics, including Mean, standard deviation and statistical samples, were estimated significantly (P
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  • Receive Date 18 May 2024
  • Revise Date 22 June 2024
  • Accept Date 14 October 2024
  • First Publish Date 23 November 2024
  • Publish Date 01 October 2025