Khatuna Todadze

• Professor
• Head of Department at Tbilisi State Medical University

Our research aims to produce qualitative and quantitative analysis of the use of narcotic drugs and psychoactive substances in 2013-2017 and their impact on drug abuse in the country. We studied 1519 medical cards of hospitalized beneficiaries. According to the obtained results, 'pharmacy' drug addiction is still widespread in Georgia. According to...

According to the above-mentioned, the study aiming at description of clinico-diasgnostical peculiarities of withdrawal states caused by consumption of Ephedra plant home-made drug - "Vint" has been conducted. 50 patients 20-65 of age, hospitalized with ephedrone withdrawal effect (withdrawal effect caused by consumption of the drug prepared from Ep...

Background: While alcohol consumption is pervasive in the country of Georgia, the extent of alcohol consumption among pregnant women is yet to be examined. The goal of this study is to examine prevalence and correlates of alcohol consumption during pregnancy in Georgia. Methods: Using data from the World Health Organization’s Stepwise approach to n...

Background Substance abuse has been considered as a growing challenge in Georgia that is closely linked with human immune deficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis C transmission due to unsafe injection and other uncontrolled behaviors. Methadone maintenance therapy is one of the major treatment options for opioid-dependent individuals. It has proven ef...

The geopolitical uniqueness of the regional, socioeconomic situation and the existence of territories outside the control of the national government have facilitated the spread of drug use in Georgia. A special problem is injection of opiates, in particular heroin and Subutex (buprenorphine). It has been established that among registered HIV infect...

60 patients of the Narcological Clinic "Neogene" were enrolled into the study. The following participation criteria were used: a diagnosis of mental and behavioral disorders associated with ephedrone use; withdrawal state. Toxic encephalopathy; age - 20-65 years; gender - male. Patients were selected and diagnosed for the study according to ICD-10...

Use of medications without doctor's prescription widely established in Georgia had negative impact on the health of the population and on the whole social situation. The use of home-made drugs "Krokodil", "Jeff" and "Vint" produced from the preparations bought without prescriptions (Codeine, Ephedrine), became a special matter of concern. Psychoact...

Injecting drug user size estimation studies carried out in 2009, 2012 and 2015 revealed growing trends of drug abuse in Georgia:estimated number of people who inject drugs (PWID) have been increased from 40000 and 45000 to 50000. Since Soviet period the most popular injective narcotics have been opioids: home-made opium, heroine, buprenorphine and...

The main route of HIV transmission is injective drug use in Georgia (58-60%). The most popular injective narcotics are opioids. Although prevalence of HIV among drug users is only 1-3%, the high number of IDUs and high prevalence of hepatitis C (from 65 to 80% according to the different studies) in this population could be the predictor of HIV incr...

Compared to the previous decade, the year 2005 was much more active in terms of the development of drug policy for Georgia. In particular, it was marked with the two following simultaneous strategic initiatives: on the initiative of the Georgian Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Security a state council, determining the countryís drug policy, w...

The given report – „Drug Situation in Georgia, 2004"- is the second edition of the project aiming to create information system on drugs, initiated by the Southern Caucasus Anti Drug Programme. With the support of the Drug Information System Project, the first („Drug Situation in Georgia, 2003") as well as the present edition were prepared and publi...

The drug-related legislation derived from the soviet period was effective in Georgia up to 2003. The state strategy based on the soviet-type legislation was primarily focused on law enforcement measures that were not reflective of democratic development needs of the country after it regained independence in 1990. Independence brought about destruct...