title: Oral glucose tolerance and hormonal response in heroin-dependent males.
abstract: Tests on 12 heroin addicts showed that their response to a glucose load differed from that in normal controls. Though the fasting blood sugar was normal, the rise in blood glucose after a standard 50-g oral glucose tolerance test was delayed and the rise smaller than in the controls. The heroin addicts had high resting insulin levels and a delayed peak response to an oral glucose load, and their growth hormone response was also abnormal.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001835:Body Weight; D005518:Food Preferences; D005951:Glucose Tolerance Test; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000097:blood; D003932:Heroin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006728:Hormones / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000097:blood; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood; D008111:Liver Function Tests; D008297:Male; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000378:metabolism*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D006728:Hormones; D007328:Insulin; D003932:Heroin; D013006:Growth Hormone; D006854:Hydrocortisone