Review Article

Contribution of Illicit Drug Use to Pharmaceutical Load in the Environment: A Focus on Sub-Saharan Africa

Table 1

Reported normalized daily load of selected drugs, including illicit drugs.

Active chemicalNDL, mg/day/1000 inhabitantsReferences

Codeine71.1–441
Caffeine831.7–3094.9
Acetaminophen785–9953.5[78]
Diclofenac21.7–94.1
Naproxen35.1–141.3
Sulfamethoxazole384.4–741.6
Carbamazepine30.1–143.1