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Background:. Despite dominating fewer headlines, the opioid epidemic continues to plague society. Surgeons have the responsibility to change their opioid prescribing habits while maintaining adequate patient comfort. This study examines the transition to
Melissa S. Price, MS4 +1 more
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Application of electronic prescriptions for narcotic drugs in quality control [PDF]
Objective To investigate the significance of electronic prescriptions on the management of narcotic drugs, so as to constantly optimize the management of narcotic drugs.
BAI Bing, YANG Gen-zhi, ZHANG Yue-lun, TIAN Yuan, SHEN Le, HUANG Yu-guang
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Morphine and codeine, two of the most common opioids, are widely used in the clinic for different types of pain. Morphine is one of the most potent agonists for the μ-opioid receptor, leading to the strongest analgesic effect.
Mona Kamelan Zargar Zarin +3 more
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Background The misuse of illicit substances is associated with increased morbidity and mortality; thus, substance abuse is a global health concern. The Arabian Gulf region is considered a crossing point and a consumer of illicit drugs. However, a lack of
Abdullah Al-Matrouk +7 more
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The Health and Adolescents’ Potential Community Movement
Community nurses have an important role in the current society. A number of roles are inherent in community nurses, among them, prevention, maintenance, health promotion and recovery of community diseases.
Ema Waliyanti +2 more
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Outpatient narcotic consumption following total shoulder arthroplasty
Introduction: In the setting of the opioid epidemic, physicians continue to scrutinize ways to minimize exposure to narcotic medications. Several studies emphasize improvements in perioperative pain management following total shoulder arthroplasty (TSA).
Alexander Martusiewicz, MD +4 more
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Adjudication and Treatment of Narcotic Drug Offenders in Ghana
Narcotic drug trafficking is a criminal and punishable offence in every country the world over. The use of certain narcotic drugs, on the other hand (especially marijuana), has been legalised in some countries, but under strict regulations.
Jacob Agboli
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Forensic toxicological analysis of hair: a review
Analysis of hair provides useful information regarding drug addiction history or drug toxicity. Keeping in view some important applications of hair analysis, a lot of work done in the past few decades has been reviewed in this article. When compared with
Muhammad Usman +5 more
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Doctor or drug dealer? International legal provisions for the legitimate handling of drugs of abuse [PDF]
© The Author(s) 2020. The final, definitive version of this paper has been published in: Gallagher, C. T., Atik, S. K., Isse, L., & Mann, S. K. (2020). Doctor or drug dealer?
Atik, Sanaa +3 more
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Background Various synthetic or semi-synthetic drugs like cocaine, amphetamine type stimulants (ATS), and heroin are produced and processed in clandestine laboratories. Every clan lab has its own procedures and protocols for drug synthesis and processing.
Muhammad Usman +9 more
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