A Study on Tapentadol Misuse and Abuse among Heroin Users Attending a Deaddiction Center in Kashmir

Background: Tapentadol is a powerful opioid receptor agonist and a norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor, making it a centrally acting analgesic. In India, where the government is trying to combat an ongoing opioid crisis, the lack of scheduling of tapentadol creates an easy opportunity for its misuse....

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Main Authors: Marya Zahoor, Fazle Roub Bhat, Ubaid Ali Khan, Yasir Hassan Rather
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2025-04-01
Series:Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry
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Online Access:https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/ijsp.ijsp_311_23
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