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promethazine and Drug Abuse, Intravenous

promethazine has been researched along with Drug Abuse, Intravenous in 1 studies

Promethazine: A phenothiazine derivative with histamine H1-blocking, antimuscarinic, and sedative properties. It is used as an antiallergic, in pruritus, for motion sickness and sedation, and also in animals.
promethazine : A tertiary amine that is a substituted phenothiazine in which the ring nitrogen at position 10 is attached to C-3 of an N,N-dimethylpropan-2-amine moiety.

Research Excerpts

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"Intravenous injection of PHC is a relatively common practice among young injection heroin users in Hanoi, Vietnam who use it on a situational basis to substitute for heroin (when heroin is not available or when heroin is too costly) or to augment the effects of an inadequate heroin dosing (delaying onset of heroin withdraw)."1.36Nonmedical use of promethazine hydrochloride among heroin injectors in Vietnam: unrecognized risks and unintended consequences. ( Clatts, M; Colón-López, V; Giang, le M; Goldsamt, L, 2010)

Research

Studies (1)

TimeframeStudies, this research(%)All Research%
pre-19900 (0.00)18.7374
1990's0 (0.00)18.2507
2000's0 (0.00)29.6817
2010's1 (100.00)24.3611
2020's0 (0.00)2.80

Authors

AuthorsStudies
Clatts, M1
Giang, le M1
Goldsamt, L1
Colón-López, V1

Other Studies

1 other study available for promethazine and Drug Abuse, Intravenous

ArticleYear
Nonmedical use of promethazine hydrochloride among heroin injectors in Vietnam: unrecognized risks and unintended consequences.
    Substance use & misuse, 2010, Volume: 45, Issue:4

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Age Factors; Heroin Dependence; Humans; Male; Promethazine; Risk Factors; Self Me

2010