Herbal medicines: Perfect garb for opioid abuse? A case series from India

American Journal on Addictions

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 174-175

  Basu, Debasish ^a   Gaur, Navendu ^a   Das, Partha Pratim ^a   Mattoo, Surendra K ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BARSHASHA; BENZODIAZEPINE; BUPRENORPHINE; CANNABIS; CODEINE; DIAMORPHINE; DIPHENOXYLATE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; JAGDEEP'S HERBAL MEDICINE; KAMINI VIDRAVAN RAS; OPIATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG SCREENING; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; INDIA; LETTER; LIBIDO DISORDER; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OPIATE ADDICTION; PREMATURE EJACULATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PLANT PREPARATIONS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 79951667265     PISSN: 10550496     EISSN: 15210391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1521-0391.2010.00101.x     Document Type: Letter

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