The drug-seeking patient in the emergency room

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 349-365

  Hansen, George R ^a  

^a Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODEINE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; KAPPA OPIATE RECEPTOR AGONIST; METHADONE; MORPHINE; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR AGONIST; NARCOTIC AGENT; NORPETHIDINE; OPIATE; PETHIDINE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

CHRONIC PAIN; DOPAMINERGIC ACTIVITY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; EUPHORIA; EXCITATION; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MIGRAINE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; SPINAL CORD; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 17044365361     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emc.2004.12.006     Document Type: Review

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