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Why mixing alcohol, opioids and benzodiazepines can kill
Author(s) -
Knopf Alison
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
alcoholism and drug abuse weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7591
pISSN - 1042-1394
DOI - 10.1002/adaw.32621
Subject(s) - mixing (physics) , alcohol , anesthesia , medicine , chemistry , physics , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics
Alcohol, opioids and benzodiazepines are very different pharmacologically but have similar effects in the brain when it comes to reinforcement — and also to respiratory depression and death.