Increasing rates of quetiapine overdose, misuse, and mortality in Victoria, Australia

J Lee, J Pilgrim, D Gerostamoulos, J Robinson… - Drug and alcohol …, 2018 - Elsevier
… , prescription and subsequent misuse of quetiapine for such off-label indications may be
minimized. Furthermore, the combination of antidepressants, benzodiazepines and quetiapine …

Patterns of gabapentin and pregabalin use and misuse: results of a population‐based cohort study in France

D Driot, E Jouanjus, S Oustric, J Dupouy… - British journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
… of use and misuse of pregabalin and of gabapentin, in comparison with duloxetine, an
antidepressant drug also approved for neuropathic pain, not suspected of an abuse liability. …

Prescription drug misuse and prevention in sub-Saharan Africa

RW Kimani, AC Katsidzira, FA Mhaka - Substance Use and Misuse in sub …, 2021 - Springer
Research has confirmed that the introduction of prescription drugs to Africa increased the
availability and misuse of psychoactive substances, especially among adolescents and young …

Low-dose tramadol as an off-label antidepressant: a data mining analysis from the patients' perspective

JA Bumpus - ACS Pharmacology & Translational Science, 2020 - ACS Publications
… to be an effective or very effective antidepressant by 94.6% of … When compared to 34 other
antidepressants in the database … ) was the only other antidepressant having ≥100 individual …

Pregabalin misuse and abuse: a scoping review of extant literature

A Al-Husseini, MC Van Hout… - Journal of Drug …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
… , “What do we know about the misuse and abuse of pregabalin?” The research team adopted
abuse, misuse, dependence, and prescription drug. For the purposes of this review, abuse

A review of alprazolam use, misuse, and withdrawal

N Ait-Daoud, AS Hamby, S Sharma… - Journal of addiction …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
… of antidepressant effect was significantly more rapid for alprazolam compared with the
antidepressants, and … A Cochrane review of alprazolam's efficacy as antidepressant monotherapy …

Ketamine as a rapid antidepressant: the debate and implications

RCM Ho, MW Zhang - BJPsych Advances, 2016 - cambridge.org
antidepressant and its potential for misuse (Yang 2014). In arguing that the evaluation of
antidepressant … a better understanding of the drug, its antidepressant efficacy and side-effects, …

Surveying over the counter and prescription only medication misuse in treatment services during COVID-19

R Gittins, R Vaziri, I Maidment - Substance Abuse: Research …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
… All individuals who misused gabapentin also misused pregabalin and accessed the STARS
… The findings that OTC/POM misuse is usually oral, that patterns of misuse vary significantly …

[HTML][HTML] Knowledge, perception, and practice of pharmacy professionals on drug misuse and abuse in eastern region of Saudi Arabia

DM Alshayban, RJ Chacko, F Aljishi… - Journal of Reports in …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
… Overall 69 (76.7%) participants agreed that misuse and abuse are two different terms.
Overall 48.9% (n = 44) of participants believed that the misuse or abuse of medications in Saudi …

Antihistamine‐related deaths in England: are the high safety profiles of antihistamines leading to their unsafe use?

PJ Oyekan, HC Gorton… - British journal of clinical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Aims Antihistamines are routinely taken to control allergic reactions or sedation to induce
sleep. There are, however, growing concerns regarding sedating antihistamine misuse. This …