偽造された"Xanax®"錠剤:オーストラリアのビクトリア州における臨床データと発作データを比較した研究
Rebekka Syrjanen1,2, Shaun L Greene2,3,4, Sarah E Hodgson2,3
1Department of Forensic Medicine, Monash University, Southbank, Victoria, Australia.
Addiction (Abingdon, England)
|August 26, 2025
まとめ
偽造されたアルプラゾラムには,アルプラゾラムだけでなく,危険な新精神活性物質 (NPS) も含まれています. これらの違法薬物のコミュニティでの使用は,それらの実際の構成に関する認識の欠如を示しています.
科学分野:
- 法医学毒理学
- 薬用警戒について
- 違法薬物分析
背景:
- 偽造されたベンゾジアゼピンは,規制されていない新精神活性物質 (NPS) を含んでいることがますます判明しています.
- 地域社会が偽造製品に 曝されていることを理解することは公衆衛生にとって 極めて重要です
- アルプラゾラム (ベンゾジアゼピン) は偽造薬の製造の常用標的である.
研究 の 目的:
- 押収された偽造アルプラゾラム製品における薬物検出と,報告されたアルプラゾラムの使用の臨床症例を比較する.
- 偽造されたアルプラゾラム製品の共同使用と組成を特徴付ける.
- 偽造アルプラゾラムのNPS検出の傾向を特定する.
主な方法:
- オーストラリアのビクトリア州における警察による薬物押収と臨床ネットワーク (EDNAV) のデータを活用した観察研究.
- 押収された錠剤と血液サンプルをアルプラゾラムとNPSを含む薬物含有量に分析する.
- 2020年3月から2022年8月までの警察による発作と臨床症例の検出パターンの比較
主要な成果:
- 警察による押収の60.2%はベンゾジアゼピン型NPSで,一般的な製品は"Xanax®"",Kalma®"または"Mylan®"とラベル付けされています.
- 臨床症例の11. 2%が処方箋なしでアルプラゾラムを使用したと報告され,平均年齢は26歳でした.
- 2020年のエチゾラムから2021年のクロナゾラム,2022年のクロブロマゾラムに変化した.
結論:
- 押収された偽造アルプラゾラム製品は,しばしば未開示のNPSを含んでおり,公衆衛生に重大な危険性を示しています.
- これらの偽造錠剤の実際の成分に対する消費者の認識は限られていることが明らかです.
- この結果は,薬物モニタリングと公衆衛生介入の強化の必要性を強調しています.
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