TY - T1 - Concomitant drugs with buprenorphine user deaths SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/324966 T3 - A1 - Mariottini, Claudia; Kriikku, Pirkko; Ojanperä, Ilkka A2 - PB - Y1 - 2021 LA - eng AB - Background: Buprenorphine is abused in several countries notwithstanding its benefits as an analgesic and as an opioid agonist treatment medication. Benzodiazepines and alcohol have previously been associated with buprenorphine toxicity. This study elucidates the role of emerging concomitant drugs in different groups of buprenorphine user deaths. Methods: All cases in the Finnish national post-mortem toxicology database from 2016-2019 in which buprenorphine or norbuprenorphine was a laboratory f... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - Buprenorphine-related death; Concomitant use; Benzodiazepines; Pregabalin; Alcohol; CLIENTS SEEKING TREATMENT; ABUSE; MORTALITY; MISUSE; BENZODIAZEPINE; PRESCRIPTIONS; PREGABALIN; HEROIN; 319 Forensic science and other medical sciences N1 - PP - ER -