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An Insight into Z-Drug Abuse and Dependence : An Examination of Reports to the European Medicines Agency Database of Suspected Adverse Drug Reactions
(2019-04-01)
BACKGROUND: Although originally marketed as safe alternatives to the habit-forming benzodiazepines, growing numbers of zaleplon, zolpidem, and zopiclone ("Z-drugs") clinical concerns relating to their potential of abuse, ...
Assessing the 2004-2018 fentanyl misusing issues reported to an international range of adverse reporting systems
(2019-02-01)
Objective: A recent, global, increase in the use of opioids including the prescribing, highly potent, fentanyl has been recorded. Due its current popularity and the potential lethal consequences of its intake, we aimed ...
Patterns of management of patients with dual disorder (psychosis) in Italy: a survey of psychiatrists and other physicians focusing on clinical practice
(2018-11-13)
Patients with severe psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia, schizoaffective and bipolar disorders frequently suffer from concomitant substance use disorders (SUDs) – Dual Disorder (DD) patients. In order to better ...
Post-traumatic stress and substance misuse; neurobiological and clinical pharmacological correlates
(2018-08-30)
In post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) clients, the use of drugs and alcohol may be used as a self-prescribed treatment to both avoid trauma reminders and cope with the related distress. Conversely, substance misuse ‘per ...
Synthetic cannabinoid use in a case series of patients with psychosis presenting to acute psychiatric settings : Clinical presentation and management issues
(2018-07-14)
Background: Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS) are a heterogeneous class of synthetic molecules including synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonists (SCRAs). Psychosis is associated with SCRAs use. There is limited knowledge ...
Joint versus separate inpatient rehabilitation treatment for patients with alcohol use disorder or drug use disorder : an observational study
(2018-06-25)
Background: In many national treatment systems, patients with alcohol use disorders (AUD) and those with drug use disorders (DUD) are treated separately, while other systems provide joint treatment for both kinds of substance ...
Psychedelic Fauna for Psychonaut Hunters : A Mini-Review
(2018-05-22)
Currently different classes of psychoactive substances are easily available for abuse, including several hundred novel psychoactive substances (NPS). Some of these drugs occur naturally in plants and animals or are chemically ...
Combined NMDA Inhibitor Use in a Patient With Multisubstance-induced Psychotic Disorder
(2018-05-01)
: Novel psychoactive substance use is a major social concern. Their use may elicit or uncover unpredictably as yet undescribed clinical pictures. We aimed to illustrate a multisubstance use case indistinguishable from ...
Abuse of Prescription Drugs in the Context of Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS): A Systematic Review
(2018-04-22)
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 ...