Fatalities in relation to buprenorphine snorting and ethanol co-ingestion: mechanisms of toxicity

Forensic Sci Int. 2011 Apr 15;207(1-3):e59-60. doi: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2010.09.014. Epub 2010 Oct 20.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Administration, Intranasal
  • Alcohol Drinking / adverse effects
  • Animals
  • Buprenorphine / administration & dosage
  • Buprenorphine / adverse effects
  • Buprenorphine / analogs & derivatives
  • Buprenorphine / pharmacokinetics
  • Buprenorphine / poisoning*
  • Forensic Toxicology
  • Humans
  • Narcotics / administration & dosage
  • Narcotics / pharmacokinetics
  • Narcotics / poisoning*
  • Respiratory Insufficiency / chemically induced

Substances

  • Narcotics
  • Buprenorphine
  • norbuprenorphine