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Poppy Tea Dependence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Sujata Unnithan  and
John Strang
Sujata Unnithan
Affiliation:
The Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AZ
John Strang*
Affiliation:
National Addiction Centre, The Maudsley Hospital/Institute of Psychiatry, London
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

A patient presenting with dependence on opium poppy tea infusion is reported. Poppy tea drinking, although previously described in certain parts of the UK, rarely presents in the form of a dependence syndrome. Issues relating to the management of poppy tea dependence are discussed, including the results of existing laboratory urinalysis for drugs of abuse, the calculation of opiate dose equivalence, and the likelihood of transition (or not) from use of poppy tea to use of other opiates.

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Brief Reports
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 163 , Issue 6 , December 1993 , pp. 813 - 814
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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