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American Journal of Public Health, Vol. 69, Issue 10 1058-1060, Copyright © 1979 by American Public Health Association

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A vitamin profile of heroin addiction.

A el-Nakah, O Frank, D B Louria, M A Quinones and H Baker

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.






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