Treatment Seeking Nitrous Oxide Users in Addiction Care: A Comparison with Cocaine Users on Clinical and Treatment Characteristics.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Over the past decade, frequent use of large quantities of nitrous oxide (N2O) has become more common in the Netherlands. Although N2O poses several negative health consequences for a subgroup of problematic N2O users, there is a lack of knowledge on what characterizes these intensive users. This study therefore aims to provide the demographic and substance use characteristics and experiences during treatment of treatment seeking problematic N2O users and to compare this with a matched group of treatment-seeking problematic cocaine users.

Methods

A retrospective chart review was performed of patients who were referred for treatment of problematic N2O use at a large Dutch addiction care facility from January 2020 to September 2022, extracting demographics, pattern

SUBMITTER: Verboeket SO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11309065 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature