Case series on a diversity of illicit weight-reducing agents: From the well known to the unexpected

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 250-253

  Tang, Magdalene H Y ^a   Chen, Sammy P L ^a   Ng, Sau W ^a   Chan, Albert Y W ^a   Mak, Tony W L ^a  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Anti obesity agent; Drug contamination; Poisoning

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE; ANTIOBESITY AGENT; BISACODYL; FENFLURAMINE; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; ILLICIT DRUG; MAZINDOL; N BIS NORSIBUTRAMINE; N NITROSOFENFLURAMINE; N NORSIBUTRAMINE; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; PHENOLPHTHALEIN; SIBUTRAMINE; SPIRONOLACTONE; THYROID HORMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHILD; DRUG INTOXICATION; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID GLAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-OBESITY AGENTS; APPETITE DEPRESSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONPRESCRIPTION DRUGS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650970063     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: 13652125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2010.03822.x     Document Type: Article

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