| Autor: |
Raji Saheed Olanrewaju and Abba Mannir |
| Rok vydání: |
2020 |
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| Zdroj: |
Journal of Addiction Medicine and Therapeutic Science. 6:003-008 |
| ISSN: |
2455-3484 |
| DOI: |
10.17352/2455-3484.000029 |
| Popis: |
Background: Concomitant prescription of anticholinergics with first generation antipsychotic medications is widely practiced in psychiatry to avert or abort extrapyramidal side effect resulting from the latter. Trihexyphenidyl (Benzhexol) is the most commonly prescribed and the most likely to be abused amidst the anticholinergics in Nigeria. Objectives: To explore the prevalence and the associated factors for Trihexyphenidyl abuse among psychiatric outpatients in Nigeria. Methodology: 64 stable outpatients who met the inclusion criteria were interviewed with a sociodemographic questionnaire and a ten items Drug Abuse Screening Test (DAST-10), other relevant data were obtained from their case notes at the psychiatric clinic of Sarkin Maska Shehu (SMASH) Hospital, Funtua, Katsina State. Data were tabulated and analysed with Microsoft Excel and version 11.65 of Window Program for Epidemiologist (WINPEPI). |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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