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O'Domhnail, Sean and O'Keefe, Declan and Malone, Kevin (2006) Drug diversion of oxycontin in chronic pain syndrome. Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine, 23, (3), pp. 118-120. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0790966700009794.

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A case is described in which a man with chronic pain syndrome (CPS) presented to a city General hospital in suicidal crisis after referral from a provincial sychiatric unit, having taken an overdose of a variety of medications, precipitated by the absence of his opioid (Oxycontin) analgesia which he had been abusing intra-nasally. This is to our knowledge the first reported case in Europe of drug diversion from oral to intranasal use of Oxycontin, a controlled-release preparation of the synthetic opiate oxycodone hydrochloride. There is also a dearth of reference to the abuse potential of this agent in the European literature. As sufferers from chronic pain syndrome increase in number, and opiate prescription rates worldwide are maintained, this case highlights the potential of opiate abuse or dependence and drug diversion emerging as a significant medical problem in CPS patients in Europe.


Item Type
Article
Publication Type
Irish-related, Open Access, Article
Drug Type
Opioid
Date
2006
Identification #
https://doi.org/10.1017/s0790966700009794
Page Range
pp. 118-120
Publisher
Medmedia Group
Volume
23
Number
3
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Accession Number
HRB (Electronic Only)
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