Cough mixture misuse in Hong Kong - an emerging psychiatric problem?

Cough mixture misuse has become a focus of concern in Hong Kong since the late 1980s. Psychiatric admissions related to cough mixture misuse have been reported with increasing frequency during the past 5 years. A retrospective chart review of psychiatric admissions related to cough mixture misuse fo...

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Published inAddiction (Abingdon, England) Vol. 91; no. 9; pp. 1375 - 1378
Main Authors Lam, Linda C. W., Lee, Dominic T. S., Shum, Patrick P. S., Chen, C. N.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford, UK Carfax Publishing Limited 01.09.1996
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Subjects
Abuse
Addiction
Adolescent
Adult
Antitussive Agents
Cough syrup
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Cross-Sectional Studies
Drug abuse
Factors
Female
Hong Kong
Hong Kong - epidemiology
Humans
Incidence
Male
Medicine
Patient Admission - statistics & numerical data
Psychiatric disorders
Psychiatry
Psychoses, Substance-Induced - epidemiology
Social problems
Substance-Related Disorders - epidemiology
Hong Kong
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Summary:Cough mixture misuse has become a focus of concern in Hong Kong since the late 1980s. Psychiatric admissions related to cough mixture misuse have been reported with increasing frequency during the past 5 years. A retrospective chart review of psychiatric admissions related to cough mixture misuse for a 54‐month period was conducted in two psychiatric units in Hong Kong. Twenty‐seven subjects were identified. The main psychiatric presentations included acute organic brain syndrome, schizophreniform psychosis and affective episode. They appeared to be associated with the pharmacological activities of opiates, antihistamines and sympathomimetics, the main ingredients of most cough mixtures.
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ISSN:0965-2140
1360-0443
DOI:10.1046/j.1360-0443.1996.919137512.x