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60 Citations

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Non-Medical Use of Novel Synthetic Opioids: A New Challenge to Public Health

Barbara Lovrecic,
Mercedes Lovrecic,
Branko Gabrovec,
Marco Carli,
Matteo Pacini,
Angelo G. I. Maremmani and
Icro Maremmani

Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health2019, 16(2), 177;https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16020177

9 January 2019

Background: In the last decade there has been a progressive increase in the use of new psychoactive substances (NPSs) that are not yet under international control. In particular, novel synthetic opioids (NSOs) have reappeared on the recreational drug...

(This article belongs to the Section Health Behavior, Chronic Disease and Health Promotion)

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34 Citations

6,926 Views

37 Pages

New Psychoactive Substances Intoxications and Fatalities during the COVID-19 Epidemic

Alfredo Fabrizio Lo Faro,
Diletta Berardinelli,
Tommaso Cassano,
Gregory Dendramis,
Eva Montanari,
Angelo Montana,
Paolo Berretta,
Simona Zaami,
Francesco Paolo Busardò and
Marilyn Ann Huestis

Biology2023, 12(2), 273;https://doi.org/10.3390/biology12020273

8 February 2023

In January 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) issued a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, declaring the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic in March 2020. Stringent measures decreased consumption of some drugs, moving the illicit marke...

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Untargeted Metabolomics in Forensic Toxicology: A New Approach for the Detection of Fentanyl Intake in Urine Samples

Eleonora Amante,
Eugenio Alladio,
Rebecca Rizzo,
Daniele Di Corcia,
Pierre Negri,
Lia Visintin,
Michela Guglielmotto,
Elena Tamagno,
Marco Vincenti and
Alberto Salomone

Molecules2021, 26(16), 4990;https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26164990

18 August 2021

The misuse of fentanyl, and novel synthetic opioids (NSO) in general, has become a public health emergency, especially in the United States. The detection of NSO is often challenged by the limited diagnostic time frame allowed by urine sampling and t...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances on Bioanalysis: Recent Approaches in the Determination of Biomarkers, Drugs of Abuse and Medicines)

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