‘South Asian cocktail’ - the concurrent use of opioids, benzodiazepines and antihistamines among injecting drug users in Nepal and associations with HIV risk behaviour

BACKGROUND: Data of the Central Bureau of Statistic of Nepal from 2008 show a total of more than 46,000 illegal drug users, out of which 61% are injecting drug users (IDU). An injecting mix of medicines like opioids, benzodiazepines and antihistamines (the so-called South Asian cocktail) was prevale...

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Autores principales: Ojha, Saroj Prasad, Sigdel, Suraj, Meyer-Thompson, Hans-Günter, Oechsler, Harald, Verthein, Uwe
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4035730/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24886095
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7517-11-17

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4035730/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24886095
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7517-11-17

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