Benzylpiperizine-based party pills' impact on the Auckland City Hospital Emergency Department Overdose Database (2002-2004) compared with ecstasy (MDMA or methylene dioxymethamphetamine), gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB), amphetamines, cocaine, and alcohol

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 120, Issue 1249, 2007, Pages

  Theron, Lynn ^a   Jansen, Karl ^a,b   Miles, Jennifer ^c  

^a AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b Te Whetu Tawera/Auckland City Acute Mental Health Unit   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 BENZYLPIPERAZINE DERIVATIVE; 3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; 4 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ALCOHOL; AMPHETAMINE; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; COCAINE; DIAZEPAM; METHAMPHETAMINE; NITROUS OXIDE; AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS; OXYBATE SODIUM; PIPERAZINE DERIVATIVE; STREET DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRADYCARDIA; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DIZZINESS; DROWSINESS; DRUG OVERDOSE; EMERGENCY WARD; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEART PALPITATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; NEW ZEALAND; SUICIDE; THORAX PAIN; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; INTOXICATION; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPHETAMINES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS; COCAINE; DATABASES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; N-METHYL-3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; NEW ZEALAND; OVERDOSE; PIPERAZINES; SODIUM OXYBATE; STREET DRUGS;

EID: 33847336461     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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