Drug Abuse: Study Shows Rising Rate of Propofol Abuse by Health Care Professionals

Published March 18, 2013

Study shows rising rate of propofol abuse by health care professionals
Filed under: Drug Abuse

( Wolters Kluwer Health ) Abuse of the anesthesia drug propofol is a “rapidly progressive form of substance dependence” that is being more commonly seen among health care professionals, reports a study in the Apr. Journal of Addiction Medicine, the official journal of the American Society of Addiction Medicine. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer …
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