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Clinical and socio-demographic determinants of pentazocine misuse among patients with sickle cell disease, Benin City, Nigeria: a case-control study
INTRODUCTION: Opioids are a mainstay in sickle cell disease (SCD) pain care. Opioids are known to cause physical and/or psychological dependence. Increasingly, a significant number of Nigerian SCD patients ("Pentaholics") are observed to abuse pentazocine. This trend is associated with new...
Autores principales: | Adewoyin, Ademola, Adeyemi, Oluwafemi, Davies, Nosimot, Ojo, Matilda |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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The African Field Epidemiology Network
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6945663/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31934231 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2019.34.88.17257 |
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