Repurposed oral tapentadol as an intravenous drug of abuse in opioid dependence

We present to you a case series of a group of individuals who presented to us with a history of intravenous drug abuse of repurposed oral tapentadol. Tapentadol is a synthetic benzenoid with a dual mode of action, as an agonist for the μ-opioid receptor and a norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor, with...

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Main Authors: Arshiya Fathima, Minhaj Zafar Nasirabadi, Arifuddin Ahmed, Mazher Ali
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2022-01-01
Series:Telangana Journal of Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://www.tjpipstsb.org/article.asp?issn=2455-8559;year=2022;volume=8;issue=2;spage=116;epage=119;aulast=Fathima