Pharmacovigilance 2020: The Pharmacoepidemiological aspect of psychoactive prescription containing drug of abuse and misuse in sub Saharan Africa- Abubakar Mukhtar- Sharda University

The use of psychoactive prescription drugs such as sedative/hypnotics, anxiolytics, antiepileptic’s, and opioids analgesics has become widespread all over the world and continues to pose a threat to the overall healthcare system. Opioids analgesics are one of the most prescribed psychotropic drugs for varying reasons, partly due to their increasing accessibility and partly associated with the prescription patterns among health care professionals. Furthermore, the wide availability coupled with a public misunderstanding about the potential addiction and harmful effect of the substances, have contributed to the recent increase of the non-medical use of prescription opioids and an equivalent increase in emergency visits for opioids use-related problems.

Author(s): Abubakar Mukhtar

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