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Six-Year Follow-Up of Impact of Co-proxamol Withdrawal in England and Wales on Prescribing and Deaths: Time-Series Study

BACKGROUND: The analgesic co-proxamol (paracetamol/dextropropoxyphene combination) has been widely involved in fatal poisoning. Concerns about its safety/effectiveness profile and widespread use for suicidal poisoning prompted its withdrawal in the UK in 2005, with partial withdrawal between 2005 an...

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Autores principales: Hawton, Keith, Bergen, Helen, Simkin, Sue, Wells, Claudia, Kapur, Navneet, Gunnell, David
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3348153/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22589703
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001213