Multidisciplinary forensic and pharmaceutical, organizational legal, technological study of alcohol-containing liquids as factors in the formation development polydrug addiction among public population Ukraine was conducted. Determined that combined intake several psychoactive substances leads to new variants addiction. Noted substances, main are containing ethyl alcohol. Classification stages ...

The viscosity and ultrasound velocity of narcotic analgesic drugs in aqueous mixtures of methanol, ethanol and 1propanol have been studied.. Various acoustical parameters have been obtained which include viscous relaxation time (Γ), free volume (Vf), internal pressure (πi) and molar cohesive energy (MCE). The dependence of these properties on solvent composition is found to originate from hydro...

We report the occurrence of acute pulmonary edema in a patient receiving therapy with nalbuphine, a synthetic narcotic analgesic. Other potential causes of acute pulmonary edema were excluded. It is likely that all opiate drugs share the propensity to produce acute pulmonary edema, and nalbuphine resembles other opiates in this regard.

BACKGROUND The negative consequences of narcotic use and diversion for nonmedical use are on the rise. A growing number of narcotic abusers obtain narcotic prescriptions from multiple providers ("doctor shopping"). This study sought to determine the effects of multiple postoperative narcotic providers on the number of narcotic prescriptions, duration of narcotics, and morphine equivalent dose p...

The drugs used for the relief of pain in the surgical sphere can conveniently be divided into potent and mild analgesics. The potent analgesics constitute essentially morphine and its semisynthetic and synthetic derivatives. The mild agents can be subdivided into those which are weak relations of the narcotic analgesics and those which possess antipyretic and anti-inflammatory in addition to an...

The article notes that the smuggling of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances, their analogues and precursors is one main sources filling black market with drugs. Europe has become a priority for drug manufacturers suppliers. Ukraine occupies certain place in plans. It located at crossroads several international transit routes. Therefore, illegal circulation narcotics regional, national level...