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Oxycodone poisoning: not just the ‘usual suspects’
Author(s) -
DARKE SHANE
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
addiction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.424
H-Index - 193
eISSN - 1360-0443
pISSN - 0965-2140
DOI - 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2011.03395.x
Subject(s) - oxycodone , medicine , intensive care medicine , opioid , receptor
Oxycodone is a major public health problem for many countries. The focus to date, however, has been on illicit drug users. Many (perhaps the majority) who are dependent on oxycodone, however, have never used illicit drugs. These people have been forgotten in public health interventions, and require urgent attention.