Craving despite extremely high methadone dosage

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 181-184

  De Vos, Jan W ^a   Ufkes, Jan G R ^a   Van Brussel, Giel H A ^b   Van Den Brink, Wim ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b MUNICIPAL HEALTH SERVICE   (Netherlands)

^c AMSTERDAM INSTITUTE FOR ADDICTION RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Addiction; Craving; Experience sampling method; Methadone; Methadone maintenance therapy; Pharmacokinetics; Self report enquiries

Indexed keywords

METHADONE; OPIATE; SIMVASTATIN;

ADULT; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG URINE LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; METHADONE TREATMENT; OPIATE ADDICTION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 0030010442     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0376-8716(95)01207-9     Document Type: Article

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