Ephemeral profiles of prescription drug and formulation tampering: Evolving pseudoscience on the Internet

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 83, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages

  Cone, Edward J ^a  

^a ConeChem Research LLC ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers; Drug misuse; Formulation; Internet; Recipes; Tampering

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALPRAZOLAM; ALPRAZOLAM INTENSOL; AMPHETAMINE; BUPRENORPHINE; BUPRENORPHINE PLUS NALOXONE; BUTALBITAL; CAFFEINE; CHLORPHENIRAMINE MALEATE; COCODAMOL; CODEINE; CODEINE PHOSPHATE; DEXAMPHETAMINE; DEXEDRINE SPANSULE; DEXMETHYLPHENIDATE; DEXTROMETHORPHAN; DIAZEPAM; DRONABINOL; ENDOCET; ENDODAN; EXCIPIENT; FENTANYL; FENTANYL CITRATE; GUAIFENESIN; HYCOMINE; HYDROCODONE; HYDROCODONE BITARTRATE; HYDROCODONE BITARTRATE PLUS IBUPROFEN; HYDROCODONE BITARTRATE PLUS PARACETAMOL; IBUPROFEN; METHYLPHENIDATE; MODAFINIL; MORPHINE; MORPHINE SULFATE; NARCOTIC AGENT; NUROFEN PLUS; OXYCODONE; OXYFAST; OXYIR; PARACETAMOL; PENNKINETIC; PERCOCET; PERCODAN; PHENTERMINE; PHENTERMINE RESIN; PROMETHAZINE; ROXICET; TUSSIONEX; VICODIN ES; VICODIN HP; XANAX XR;

ANOREXIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHEMOTHERAPY INDUCED EMESIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG MISUSE; DRUG RELEASE; DRUG SOLUBILITY; DRUG USE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; INTERNET; LIVER INJURY; NARCOLEPSY; NAUSEA; OBESITY; OPIATE ADDICTION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TABLET FORMULATION; TIMED DRUG RELEASE;

CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; DRUG COMPOUNDING; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; DRUG TOXICITY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERNET; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; RESEARCH DESIGN; SELF ADMINISTRATION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646036160     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2005.11.027     Document Type: Article

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