Aqsa Iqbal, Rehma Dar, Fauzia Sadiq, Rukhsana Gulzar.
To study the Pattern of Drug of Abuse in patients of Psychiatry Dept Mayo Hospital, Lahore.
Pak J Med Health Sci Jan ;13(2):382-4.

Background: Drug addiction has remarkably increased over the past decade and it has become a major health challenge in whole world. According to world drug report 2017, 29.5 million people globally suffer from drug addiction. It is estimated that about 6.7 million people in Pakistan are drug addicts and it is more common in age of 25 to 39 years. Aim : To study the pattern of drug of abuse in patients of Psychiatry department Mayo Hospital, Lahore. Methods: It is a Descriptive study carried out in Psychiatry Department Mayo Hospital/ King Edward Medical University, Lahore in 3 months duration starting from 1st July 2018 to 30th Sep, 2018 by Non-probability convenient sampling technique. All samples referred from Psychiatry Department to laboratory for drug of abuse analysis were included in study. and Improperly labeled and inadequate samples were excluded. Results: Out of 200 samples, 189(95%) were male and 11(5%) were female. Mean age+/-SD was 30.9+/- 7.5 years . 157(79%) samples were positive for marijuana and morphine, 149(75%) were positive for benzodiazepines, 12(6%) were positive for tricyclic acid antidepressants and 1(0.5%) were positive for cocaine, amphetamine, methamphetamine and phencyclidine. Single, double, triple and tetra drug abusers were 39 (19%), 52(26%), 97 (49%), 12 (6%) respectively. Conclusion: Drug abusers were mostly between 20 to 40 years of age. Marijuana and Morphine were the most commonly used drugs of abuse followed by Benzodiazepines.

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