Rapeli, Pekka, Fabritius, Carola, Kalska, Hely, Alho, Hannu
Abstract Background Opioid-substitution treatment (OST) for opioid dependence (OD) has proven effective in retaining patients in treatment and reducing illegal opiate abuse and crime. Consequently,...
Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy (2009)
Biomed Central, Pekka Rapeli, Carola Fabritius, Hely Kalska, Hannu Alho
Memory function in opioid-dependent patients treated with methadone or buprenorphine along with benzodiazepine: longitudinal change in comparison to healthy individuals
Muhonen, Leea H, Lahti, Jari, Sinclair, David, Lönnqvist, Jouko, Alho, Hannu
Abstract Background Alcohol dependence comorbid with major depressive disorder poses a major challenge in the clinical setting. The results in the treatment with selective serotonin re-uptake...
Simojoki, Kaarlo, Vorma, Helena, Alho, Hannu
Abstract Background In Finland, buprenorphine (Subutex) is the most abused opioid. In order to curb this problem, many treatment centres transferred ("forced transfer") their buprenorphine patients...
Magnesium treatment in alcoholics: a randomized clinical trial (2008)
Poikolainen, Kari, Alho, Hannu
No abstract available.
Magnesium treatment in alcoholics: A randomized clinical trial (2008)
Poikolainen, Kari, Alho, Hannu
Abstract Background Magnesium (Mg) deficiency is common among alcoholics. Earlier research suggests that Mg treatment may help to normalize elevated enzyme activities and some other clinically...
Laaksonen, E., Koski-Jännes, A., Salaspuro, M., Ahtinen, H., Alho, Hannu
Aim: To compare the effects in alcohol-dependent patients of three pharmacotherapies, disulfiram (DIS), naltrexone (NTX), and acamprosate (ACA), when used with a brief manual-based...
Rapeli, Pekka, Fabritius, Carola, Alho, Hannu, Salaspuro, Mikko, Wahlbeck, Kristian, Kalska, Hely
Abstract Background Both methadone- and buprenorphine-treated opioid-dependent patients frequently show cognitive deficits in attention, working memory, and verbal memory. However, no study has...
JOHANSSON, EDVARD, ALHO, HANNU, KIISKINEN, URPO, POIKOLAINEN, KARI
Aims: To investigate whether abstainers fare worse than non-abstainers on the labour market because a subset of the abstainers are ex-drinkers with alcohol problems. Methods: In the cross-sectional...
JOHANSSON, EDVARD, ALHO, HANNU, KIISKINEN, URPO, POIKOLAINEN, KARI
Aims: To investigate whether abstainers fare worse than non-abstainers on the labour market because a subset of the abstainers are ex-drinkers with alcohol problems. Methods: In the cross-sectional...
ALCOHOL MISUSE INCREASES SERUM ANTIBODIES TO OXIDIZED LDL AND C-REACTIVE PROTEIN (2004)
ALHO, HANNU, SILLANAUKEE, PEKKA, KALELA, ANNE, JAAKKOLA, OLLI, LAINE, SEPPO, NIKKARI, SEPPO T.
Aims: To clarify the relationship of alcohol consumption with serum antibodies to oxidized low-density lipoprotein (oxLDL) and the inflammation marker C-reactive protein (CRP). Methods: The study...
Poikolainen, Kari, Podkletnova, Irina, Alho, Hannu
— Aims: To ascertain the accuracy of a quantity–frequency questionnaire (QF) and a graduated frequency questionnaire (GF) as methods of obtaining self-reported alcohol intake in relation to a...
Laatikainen, Tiina, Alho, Hannu, Vartiainen, Erkki, Jousilahti, Pekka, Sillanaukee, Pekka, Puska, Pekka
— In the present study, alcohol consumption was estimated in a population survey in Pitkäranta in the Republic of Karelia, Russia (RUS) and in the neighbouring province of North Karelia in Finland...
Aalto, Mauri, Seppä, Kaija, Mattila, Pekka, Mustonen, Heikki, Ruuth, Kirsti, Hyvärinen, Hannu, ...
The aim of this research was to evaluate the effectiveness of long-term brief intervention in routine general practice. In five primary care out-patient clinics in a Finnish town, 296 male...
Sillanaukee, Pekka, Strid, Nuria, Jousilahti, Pekka, Vartiainen, Erkki, Poikolainen, Kari, Nikkari, Seppo, ...
The relationships of carbohydrate-deficient transferrin (CDT), gamma-glutamyltransferase (GGT) and their mathematical combination (γ-CDT) with self-reported diseases were evaluated in a large...
Dose Response of Laboratory Markers to Alcohol Consumption in a General Population (2000)
Sillanaukee, Pekka, Massot, Nuria, Jousilahti, Pekka, Vartiainen, Erkki, Sundvall, Jouko, Olsson, Ulf, ...
The dose response to alcohol use of carbohydrate-deficient transferrin (CDT), γ-glutamyltransferase (GGT), and their combination (γ-CDT) was studied in an age- and gender-stratified, random sample...
Includes previously published articles.
Tiivistelmä ja 5 erip.
Edvard Johansson, Hannu Alho, Urpo Kiiskinen, Kari Poikolainen
In this paper, we investigate to what extent alcohol-dependent individuals fare worse in the Finnish labour market, using data from a large Finnish health survey. We used the DSM-IV criteria for...
Control of arterial tone after long-term coenzyme Q10 supplementation in senescent rats
Lönnrot, Kimmo, Pörsti, Ilkka, Alho, Hannu, Wu, Xiumin, Hervonen, Antti, Tolvanen, Jari-Petteri
Age-associated deterioration of arterial function may result from long-lasting oxidative stress. Since coenzyme Q (Q10) has been suggested to protect the vascular endothelium from free...
Abstaining from Alcohol and Labour Market Underperformance - Have we forgotten the `dry` alcoholics?
Edvard Johansson, Hannu Alho, Urpo Kiiskinen, Kari Poikolainen
alcoholism, abstinence, work probability
Local and systemic oxidant/antioxidant status before and during lung cancer radiotherapy
Crohns, Marika, Saarelainen, Seppo, Kankaanranta, Hannu, Moilanen, Eeva, Alho, Hannu, Kellokumpu-Lehtinen, Pirkko
To examine local and systemic oxidative status of lung cancer (LC) and oxidant effects of radiotherapy (RT), this study evaluated antioxidants and markers of oxidative and nitrosative stress in...