Skip to main content
| Hans-Günter Meyer-Thompson | Verschiedene

Australien. One in 10 people who inject drugs used the anti-psychotic medicine quetiapine for non-medical purposes, says new report

Australien. One in 10 people who inject drugs used the anti-psychotic medicine quetiapine for non-medical purposes, says new report

Among 7,000 people who injected drugs (PWID) in Australia between 2011-2018, approximately one in 10 used the antipsychotic medicine quetiapine for non-medical purposes (i.e. in a way that was not prescribed), a study by researchers from the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC) at UNSW Sydney, has found. (National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, Australien, 02.03.2021)

https://ndarc.med.unsw.edu.au/news/one-10-people-who-inject-drugs-used-anti-psychotic-medicine-quetiapine-non-medical-purposes