Opioid Deaths: Trends, Biomarkers, and Potential Drug Interactions Revealed by Decision Tree Analyses

Opioid abuse is now the primary cause of accidental deaths in the United States. Studies over several decades established the cyclical nature of abused drugs of choice, with a current resurgence of heroin abuse and, more recently, fentanyl’s emergence as a major precipitant of drug-related deaths. T...

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Main Authors: Manal H. Saad, Candace L. Savonen, Matthew Rumschlag, Sokol V. Todi, Carl J. Schmidt, Michael J. Bannon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroscience
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnins.2018.00728/full