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Impact of community pharmacy diabetes monitoring and education programme on diabetes management : a randomised controlled study
(2012-09)
To evaluate the impact of a pharmacist-led patient education and diabetes monitoring programme on HbA1c and other cardiovascular risk factors in the community setting.
E-Psychonauts : Conducting research in online drug forum communities
(2012-08-01)
Background "Legal highs" are becoming increasingly common features of the recreational drug market. The Internet has emerged as an important resource for technical and pharmacological knowledge in the absence of evidence-based ...
Does clinical handover promote situation awareness? : Implications for person-centered healthcare
(2012-06)
Background: Doctors’ handover has been the subject of investigation since the implementation of the European Working Time Directive in 2004. Little is known regarding handover quality and safety in clinical practice. This ...
Mephedrone-related fatalities in the United Kingdom : contextual, clinical and practical issues
(InTech - Open Access Publisher, 2012-03-14)
The National Programme on substance abuse Deaths (np-SAD) currently has data on 60 deaths [this number is likely to increase] associated with the use of mephedrone that have occurred in the United Kingdom (UK). This chapter ...
Phenazepam abuse in the UK : an emerging problem causing serious adverse health problems, including death
(2012-03-09)
OBJECTIVE: Phenazepam (fenazepam; 7-bromo-5-(2-chlorophenyl)-1,3-dihydro-2H-1,4-benzodiazepin-2-one; PNZ, 'Bonsai') is a benzodiazepine developed in the former Soviet Union during the 1970s to treat neurological disorders, ...
5,6-Methylenedioxy-2-aminoindane : from laboratory curiosity to 'legal high'
(2012-03-01)
The fully synthetic 'legal high' 5,6-methylenedioxy-2-aminoindane (MDAI) is an analogue of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine. Although developed in the 1990s, it was not widely abused until 2010. However, mephedrone was ...
Identifying emerging trends in recreational drug use : outcomes from the Psychonaut Web Mapping Project
(2012)
Background: This paper presents the outcomes of the 2-year European Union funded Psychonaut Web Mapping Project which aimed at developing and implementing an integrated web mapping system to promptly identify and learn ...
2-DPMP (desoxypipradrol, 2-benzhydrylpiperidine, 2-phenylmethylpiperidine) and D2PM (diphenyl-2-pyrrolidin-2-yl-methanol, diphenylprolinol) : A preliminary review
(2012)
2-DPMP (desoxypipradrol, 2-benzhydrylpiperidine, 2-phenylmethylpiperidine) and D2PM (diphenyl-2-pyrrolidin-2-yl-methanol, diphenylprolinol) are psychoactive substances, sold primarily over the Internet and in 'head' shops ...
Phenomenon of new drugs on the Internet : the case of ketamine derivative methoxetamine
(2012)
On the basis of the material available both in the scientific literature and on the web, this paper aims to provide a pharmacological, chemical and behavioural overview of the novel compound methoxetamine. This is a ...