Randomised double-blind comparison of lofexidine and methadone in the in-patient treatment of opiate withdrawal

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 43, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 87-91

  Bearn, Jennifer ^a   Gossop, Michael ^a   Strang, John ^b  

^a BETHLEM ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lofexidine; Methadone; Opiate withdrawal; Polydrug abusers

Indexed keywords

BRITIOFEX; LOFEXIDINE; METHADONE; OPIATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPIATE ADDICTION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYMPTOM; VERTIGO; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLONIDINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MALE; METHADONE; MIDDLE AGED; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 0030566821     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-8716(96)01289-6     Document Type: Article

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