A critical review of the causes of death among post‐mortem toxicological investigations: analysis of 34 buprenorphine‐associated and 35 methadone‐associated deaths

Pirnay, Stéphane; W. Borron, Stephen; Giudicelli, C; Tourneau, J.; J. Baud, Frédéric; Ricordel, Ivan

doi:10.1111/j.1360-0443.2004.00790.x

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A critical review of the causes of death among post‐mortem toxicological investigations: analysis of 34 buprenorphine‐associated and 35 methadone‐associated deaths

Published in Addiction • Jul 16, 2004

Authors:

Stéphane Pirnay

Stephen W. Borron

C Giudicelli

Abstract

AIMS: To assess the trends in the number, mortality and the nature of forensic cases involving toxicological detection of buprenorphine or methadone among toxicological investigations performed in Paris from June 1997 to June 2002. DESIGN: Retrospective, 5 year study with review of premortem data, a...

Subject

Buprenorphine

Methadone

Medicine

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