Fatalities in relation to buprenorphine snorting and ethanol co-ingestion: Mechanisms of toxicity

Forensic Science International

Volumn 207, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages e59-e60

  Mégarbane, Bruno ^a,b   Vodovar, Dominique ^a,b   Baud, Frédéric J ^a,b  

^a HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Buprenorphine; Ethanol; Norbuprenorphine; Pharmacodynamic interaction; Poisoning; Respiratory depression

Indexed keywords

BUPRENORPHINE; NORBUPRENORPHINE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG METABOLISM; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; INTRANASAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; TOXICITY TESTING;

EID: 79953063503     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2010.09.014     Document Type: Letter

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