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A vitamin profile of heroin addiction.

1979; American Public Health Association; Volume: 69; Issue: 10 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2105/ajph.69.10.1058

1541-0048

A el-Nakah, Oscar Frank, Donald B. Louria, M A Quinones, H. Baker,

Metabolism and Genetic Disorders

Circulating thiamine, riboflavin, nicotinates, folates, vitamin B12, B6, A, and carotenes of 149 heroin addicts aged 17-60 years were compared to 204 healthy subjects not using drugs or vitamins. Only 24 per cent of the addicts had no evidence of hypovitaminemia; 45 per cent and 37 per cent had vitamin B6 and folate deficit respectively, whereas deficits of thiamine, vitamin B12, riboflavin, and nicotinate were recorded for 13-19 per cent of the addict population; impaired liver function in addicts did not influence these results.