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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 61-62 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine |
| Volume | 36 |
| Early online date | 8 Sep 2015 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Nov 2015 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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Phenazepam : more information coming in from the cold. / Lomas, Emma C.; Maskell, Peter D.
In: Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, Vol. 36, 01.11.2015, p. 61-62.Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter
TY - JOUR
T1 - Phenazepam
T2 - more information coming in from the cold
AU - Lomas, Emma C.
AU - Maskell, Peter D.
PY - 2015/11/1
Y1 - 2015/11/1
N2 - Phenazepam is a 1–4 benzodiazepine that was developed in 1975 in the former USSR and is used clinically as an anxiolytic,1 anticonvulsant, hypnotic and for the treatment of ethanol withdrawal.2 Outside of the former soviet bloc there has been evidence of the abuse of phenazepam around the world since 1999,3 with reports of overdoses, driving under the influence of drug (DUID) cases and also deaths.4–8 As with other benzodiazepines the deaths have usually involved other drugs as well as phenazepam rather than phenazepam in isolation.
AB - Phenazepam is a 1–4 benzodiazepine that was developed in 1975 in the former USSR and is used clinically as an anxiolytic,1 anticonvulsant, hypnotic and for the treatment of ethanol withdrawal.2 Outside of the former soviet bloc there has been evidence of the abuse of phenazepam around the world since 1999,3 with reports of overdoses, driving under the influence of drug (DUID) cases and also deaths.4–8 As with other benzodiazepines the deaths have usually involved other drugs as well as phenazepam rather than phenazepam in isolation.
U2 - 10.1016/j.jflm.2015.08.017
DO - 10.1016/j.jflm.2015.08.017
M3 - Letter
C2 - 26408390
AN - SCOPUS:84942437081
VL - 36
SP - 61
EP - 62
JO - Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
JF - Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
SN - 1752-928X
ER -