Abuse of tropicamide eye drops: review of clinical data

Abuse of tropicamide eye drops: review of clinical data

Over the past 15 years, the increasing nonmedical use of tropicamide ophthalmic drops has been reported in Europe, coinciding with an increase in opioid addiction and drug-related mortality. Although tropicamide is generally known as a cheap alternative to heroin in Eastern Europe, it still appears...

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Main Authors: Val Bellman, Anastasia Ukolova, Elena Erovichenkova, Sarah Lam, Hirsch K. Srivastava, Jared Bruce, Douglass M. Burgess
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP) 2022-06-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry
Subjects:
Tropicamide
eye drops
abuse
addiction
opiate
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-44462022005006210&tlng=en

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