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Current Concepts on Drug Abuse and Dependence [PDF]
, 2015 Drug addiction is a complex disease characterized by compulsive and uncontrollable desire to seek and consume the drug. In time, drug-related terminology has undergone many changes, arising from the deepening of the mechanisms of action, but also about ...
Baconi, Daniela Luiza +5 more
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Brain Sciences, 2018 Recently, a range of prescription and over-the-counter drugs have been reportedly used as Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS), due to their potential for abuse resulting from their high dosage/idiosyncratic methods of self-administration.
Fabrizio Schifano +3 more
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What about “Pharming”? Issues Regarding the Misuse of Prescription and Over-the-Counter Drugs
Brain Sciences, 2020 Recently, a range of prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) drugs have emerged as being used recreationally, either on their own or in combination with other substances, both licit and illicit, including new psychoactive substances (NPS).
Stefania Chiappini, Fabrizio Schifano
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Experimental versus theoretical log D7.4, pKa and plasma protein binding values for benzodiazepines appearing as new psychoactive substances [PDF]
, 2018 The misuse of benzodiazepines as new psychoactive substances is an increasing problem around the world. Basic physicochemical and pharmacokinetic data is required on these substances in order to interpret and predict their effects upon humans ...
Manchester, Kieran R. +2 more
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Pharmacology of novel psychoactive substances [PDF]
, 2016 This PhD work consists of an in vitro and in vivo part. In the in vivo part, we investigated the role of dopamine in the acute clinical effects of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, “ecstasy”) in healthy human subjects.
Rickli, Anna
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Synthetic cannabinoid use in a case series of patients with psychosis presenting to acute psychiatric settings : Clinical presentation and management issues [PDF]
, 2018 Background: Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS) are a heterogeneous class of synthetic molecules including synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonists (SCRAs). Psychosis is associated with SCRAs use.
Bonaccorso, Stefania +9 more
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Pharmaceuticals, 2022 In the past twenty years, the consumption of opioid medications has reached significant proportions, leading to a rise in drug misuse and abuse and increased opioid dependence and related fatalities.
Stefania Chiappini +6 more
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SODAS: Surveillance of Drugs of Abuse Study [PDF]
, 2017 Objective: Novel Psychoactive Substance (NPS) as a form of recreational drug use has become increasingly popular. There is a paucity of information with regards the prevalence and clinical sequalae of these drugs.
Bloeck, Felix +4 more
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Recent trends in analytical methods to determine new psychoactive substances in hair [PDF]
, 2017 New Psychoactive Substances (NPS) belong to several chemical classes, including phenethylamines, piperazines, synthetic cathinones and synthetic cannabinoids.
García Algar, Oscar +4 more
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Could Hallucinogens Induce Permanent Pupillary Changes in (Ab)users? A Case Report from New Zealand
Case Reports in Neurological Medicine, 2017 An eighteen-year-old female patient of the Caucasian ethnicity from Australasia presented with a persistently dilated pupil causing her discomfort and occasional burning sensation when she is outdoors due to oversensitivity to sunlight.
Ahmed Al-Imam
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