Intravenous oxycodone, hydrocodone, and morphine in recreational opioid users: Abuse potential and relative potencies

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 212, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 193-203

  Stoops, William W ^a,b   Hatton, Kevin W ^a   Lofwall, Michelle R ^a   Nuzzo, Paul A ^a   Walsh, Sharon L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abuse potential; Diversion; Hydrocodone; Morphine; Oxycodone; Prescription opioids

Indexed keywords

HYDROCODONE; MORPHINE SULFATE; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR AGONIST; OPIATE; OXYCODONE; PLACEBO; PRESCRIPTION DRUG; RECREATIONAL DRUG; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INFUSION; DRUG MISUSE; DRUG POTENCY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MALE; MIOSIS; OPIATE ADDICTION; PHARMACODYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCODONE; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MORPHINE; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; OXYCODONE; PILOT PROJECTS; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU;

EID: 77957374297     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-010-1942-4     Document Type: Article

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