High rates of midazolam injection among drug users in Bangkok, Thailand

• Main Authors: Suwannawong Paisan (Author), Hayashi Kanna (Author), Fairbairn Nadia (Author), Kiatying-Angsulee Niyada (Author), Kerr Thomas (Author), Kaplan Karyn (Author), Lai Calvin (Author), Wood Evan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2010-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Reports from Thailand suggest that a growing number of people who inject drugs (IDU) are now injecting midazolam, a legal benzodiazepine with potent amnestic and ventilatory depressant effects. We therefore sought to examine midazola...