Recreational use of benzydamine as a hallucinogen among street youth in Brazil

Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 208-213

  Opaleye, Emérita Sátiro ^a,b   Noto, Ana Regina ^a   Sanchez, Zila Van Der Meer ^a   De Moura, Yone Gonçalves ^a   Galduróz, José Carlos Fernandes ^a   Carlini, Elisaldo Araújo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Edifício Ciências Biomédicas ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Descriptors: Benzydamine; Drug abuse; Drugs with prescription; Homeless youth; Pharmacoepidemiology

Indexed keywords

BENZYDAMINE; CANNABIS; FLUNITRAZEPAM; PSYCHEDELIC AGENT; RECREATIONAL DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; COFFEE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HEADACHE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUNGER; JUVENILE; MALE; NAUSEA; PRESCRIPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL WORK; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BENZYDAMINE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HALLUCINOGENS; HOMELESS YOUTH; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; PLEASURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70349868147     PISSN: 15164446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-44462009000300005     Document Type: Article

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