Psychotropic drugs misuse

Two series of 39 and 78 deaths attributed to buprenorphine have respectively been reported in Strasbourg and 13 other French forensic centers between 1996 and 2000 (14). The risks incurred by the misuse of buprenorphine seem to arise through a combination of (a) the concomitant use of other psychotropic drugs (especially benzodiazepines and neuroleptic drugs) and (b) the improper use of tablets for intravenous administration and/or massive oral doses. The total recorded number of buprenorphine-... 

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