Intentional Misuse and Abuse of Loperamide: A New Look at a Drug with “Low Abuse Potential”

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 73-84

  Borron, Stephen W ^a,b   Watts, Susan H ^a   Tull, Jonathan ^a   Baeza, Salvador ^b   Diebold, Stephanie ^c   Barrow, Alison ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b University Medical Center of El Paso   (United States)

^c USA   (United States)

Author keywords

drug abuse; loperamide; opioid dependence; P glycoprotein

Indexed keywords

LOPERAMIDE; OPIATE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG MISUSE; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; OPIATE ADDICTION; POISON CENTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; VERY ELDERLY; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG SEEKING BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDE; TEXAS; TRENDS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; DRUG-SEEKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; LOPERAMIDE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POISON CONTROL CENTERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE; TEXAS;

EID: 85019090288     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2017.03.018     Document Type: Article

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