Review Article
Contribution of Illicit Drug Use to Pharmaceutical Load in the Environment: A Focus on Sub-Saharan Africa
Table 2
Comparative active chemicals (ACs) loads reported from various categories of drug.
| Drug category | Daily load in g/day | References |
| Anti-inflammatory | 100–3000 | [78] | Anticonvulsant | 0–100 | | Anticorrosive | 100–200 | | Opioids | 0–500 | | Illicit drugs | 800–3800 | | Antibiotics | 500–4200 | |
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