Recreational Drug Overdose—Clinical Value of Toxicological Analysis
Patient history is inaccurate, and patients frequently underreport ingested drugs. Opiates and opioids are still the main cause of morbidity and mortality. Pregabalin is increasingly abused. NPS legislation effectively decreased cathinone/phenethylamine and synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonist overdoses.
Authors
- Christian Rabe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4913-7932)
- Tobias Zellner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5073-8685)
- Stefanie Geith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2726-2823)
- Florian Eyer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4753-2747)
- Bettina Haberl
- Sabrina Schmoll (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2549-5121)
Institutions
- Technical University of Munich (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Toxics
- Published
- 2024-09-10
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics12090662
- Citations
- 7
- Primary Topic
- Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.45