Abusive prescription of psychostimulants: A study of two cases

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 407-410

  Pélissier Alicot, Anne Laure ^a,c   Piercecchi Marti, Marie Dominique ^a   Bartoli, Christophe ^a   Kuhlmann, Erika ^b   Coiffait, Philippe Emmanuel ^b   Sanvoisin, Alain ^a   Giocanti, Dominique ^a   Léonetti, Georges ^a  

^a HÔpital La Conception   (France)

^b Centre Universitaire des Saints Pères   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Fenproporex; Forensic science; Methylphenidate; Modafinil; Prescription; Stimulants

Indexed keywords

CARBAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CLOBAZAM; FENPROPOREX; FENPROPOREX RETARD; FLUOXETINE; LORAZEPAM; LORMETAZEPAM; MEPROBAMATE PLUS ACEPROMETAZINE; MEPRONIZINE; METHYLPHENIDATE; MODAFINIL; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; AGITATION; ANAMNESIS; ANHEDONIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; BODY WEIGHT DISORDER; CACHEXIA; CADAVER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG OVERDOSE; EUPHORIA; FEMALE; FRANCE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HAIR ANALYSIS; HEADACHE; HOME; HUMAN; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; INSOMNIA; IRRITABILITY; LABORATORY TEST; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; NARCOLEPSY; NIGHTMARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP DISORDER; SOMNOLENCE; SPEECH DISORDER; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; URINALYSIS; WEIGHT GAIN; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ADULT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; DEPRESSION; DISORDERS OF EXCESSIVE SOMNOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 33644926653     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2006.00078.x     Document Type: Article

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