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New Psychoactive Substances

Pharmacology, Clinical, Forensic and Analytical Toxicology

  • Gives an update of the multi-layered facets of the “designer drugs” phenomenon that exploded into public’s consciousness in the 2010s
  • Offers diverse perspectives in areas of neuropharmacology, analytical toxicology, epidemiology of adverse events and information-exchange
  • Provides accurate information about psychoactive recreational substances that transcended ‘traditional’ drugs of abuse

Part of the book series: Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology (HEP, volume 252)

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
  2. Emergence, Diversity, and Control of New Psychoactive Substances: A Global Perspective

    • Justice N. A. Tettey, Conor Crean, Susan C. Ifeagwu, Martin Raithelhuber
    Pages 51-67
  3. Neuropharmacology of Synthetic Cathinones

    • Michael H. Baumann, Hailey M. Walters, Marco Niello, Harald H. Sitte
    Pages 113-142
  4. Pharmacology of MDMA- and Amphetamine-Like New Psychoactive Substances

    • Linda D. Simmler, Matthias E. Liechti
    Pages 143-164
  5. Phencyclidine-Based New Psychoactive Substances

    • Jason Wallach, Simon D. Brandt
    Pages 261-303
  6. Synthetic Opioids

    • Patrick M. Beardsley, Yan Zhang
    Pages 353-381
  7. Designer Benzodiazepines: Another Class of New Psychoactive Substances

    • Bjoern Moosmann, Volker Auwärter
    Pages 383-410
  8. Bioanalytical Methods for New Psychoactive Substances

    • Lea Wagmann, Hans H. Maurer
    Pages 413-439
  9. Toxicokinetics of NPS: Update 2017

    • Markus R. Meyer
    Pages 441-459
  10. Epidemiology of NPS Based Confirmed Overdose Cases: The STRIDA Project

    • Anders Helander, Matilda Bäckberg
    Pages 461-473
  11. Fatal Poisonings Associated with New Psychoactive Substances

    • Robert Kronstrand, Davide Guerrieri, Svante Vikingsson, Ariane Wohlfarth, Henrik Gréen
    Pages 495-541
  12. Wastewater Analysis for Community-Wide Drugs Use Assessment

    • Christoph Ort, Lubertus Bijlsma, Sara Castiglioni, Adrian Covaci, Pim de Voogt, Erik Emke et al.
    Pages 543-566

About this book

This volume is designed to feature the pharmacology of new psychoactive substances, legislative aspects, information exchange including epidemiology, and clinical, forensic, and analytical toxicology in order to facilitate the understanding of this complex and rapidly developing phenomenon.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Experimental and Clinical Toxicology, Institute of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Saarland University, Homburg (Saar), Germany

    Hans H. Maurer

  • School of Pharmacy & Biomolecular Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK

    Simon D. Brandt

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: New Psychoactive Substances

  • Book Subtitle: Pharmacology, Clinical, Forensic and Analytical Toxicology

  • Editors: Hans H. Maurer, Simon D. Brandt

  • Series Title: Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10561-7

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-10560-0Published: 06 March 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-10561-7Published: 20 February 2019

  • Series ISSN: 0171-2004

  • Series E-ISSN: 1865-0325

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 566

  • Number of Illustrations: 62 b/w illustrations, 28 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Pharmacology/Toxicology

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Hardcover Book USD 179.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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