Cognitive function during early abstinence from XXXX : a comparison to age, gender, and verbal intelligence matched controls.

@entity1 @entity3347 @entity73 @entity4784 @entity734
BACKGROUND: Individuals with @entity4784 have @entity73 during abuse period in attention, working memory, episodic memory, and executive function. After protracted abstinence consistent @entity73 has been found only in executive function. However, few studies have explored cognitive function during first weeks of abstinence. The purpose of this study was to study cognitive function of individuals with @entity4784 during early abstinence. It was hypothesized that @entity73 are pronounced immediately after peak withdrawal symptoms have passed and then partially recover. METHODS: Fifteen @entity1 with @entity4784 and fifteen controls matched for, age, gender, and verbal intelligence were tested with a cognitive test battery When @entity1 performed worse than controls correlations between cognitive performance and days of withdrawal, duration of @entity4784 , duration of any @entity734 , or opioid withdrawal symptom inventory score (Short Opiate Withdrawal Scale) were analyzed. RESULTS: Early abstinent opioid dependent @entity1 performed statistically significantly worse than controls in tests measuring complex working memory, executive function, and fluid intelligence. Their complex working memory and fluid intelligence performances correlated statistically significantly with days of withdrawal. CONCLUSION: The results indicate a rather general neurocognitive @entity73 . It is suggested that @entity73 during early abstinence from @entity4784 is related to @entity3347 in the prefrontal cortex and is partly transient.
