Dextropropoxyphene-related deaths ? a problem that persists?
| Autor: | Anthony Busuttil, John Obafunwa, A. M. A. H. Al-Oqleh |
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| Rok vydání: | 1994 |
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Male Adolescent Propoxyphene Poison control Alcohol abuse Drug Prescriptions Suicide prevention Occupational safety and health Pathology and Forensic Medicine Residence Characteristics Risk Factors Cause of Death Injury prevention medicine Humans Medical prescription Aged Dextropropoxyphene business.industry Poisoning Middle Aged medicine.disease Drug Utilization Alcoholism Suicide Scotland Compound analgesic Accidents Population Surveillance Female Medical emergency business Demography medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Legal Medicine. 106:315-318 |
| ISSN: | 1437-1596 0937-9827 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/bf01224778 |
| Popis: | A total of 48 cases of dextropropoxyphene-related deaths that occurred over a 6-year period (1987–1992) in the Lothian and Borders region of Scotland were reviewed. No significant gender difference was found but a significantly greater proportion of the deaths occurred in the urban areas (P < 0.05). Suicide accounted for 81.3% of cases while the other deaths were caused accidentally and involved drug addicts, alcoholics and those who had taken their dextropropoxyphene-containing prescriptions following consumption of alcohol. Overall concomitant alcohol abuse was identified in 41.7% of all the victims. Compound analgesic preparations containing dextropropoxyphene are still widely prescribed and the persistence of deaths from its overdose may suggest the need for stricter prescription control and for educational programmes for users. |
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