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Opioid Overdose Deaths with Buprenorphine Detected in Postmortem Toxicology: a Retrospective Analysi...

Opioid Overdose Deaths with Buprenorphine Detected in Postmortem Toxicology: a Retrospective Analysi...

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Opioid Overdose Deaths with Buprenorphine Detected in Postmortem Toxicology: a Retrospective Analysis

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Full title

Opioid Overdose Deaths with Buprenorphine Detected in Postmortem Toxicology: a Retrospective Analysis

Publisher

New York: Springer US

Journal title

Journal of medical toxicology, 2021-01, Vol.17 (1), p.10-15

Language

English

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Publisher

New York: Springer US

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Contents

Background
Buprenorphine is a unique μ-opioid receptor partial agonist with avid receptor binding, nominal euphoric reward, and a ceiling effect on sedation and respiratory depression. Despite a pharmacologic profile that enhances safety, cases of fatal opioid overdose with buprenorphine on postmortem toxicology are reported, but details of thes...

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Full title

Opioid Overdose Deaths with Buprenorphine Detected in Postmortem Toxicology: a Retrospective Analysis

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Record Identifier

TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_7785599

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_7785599

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ISSN

1556-9039

E-ISSN

1937-6995

DOI

10.1007/s13181-020-00795-3

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