Persistent analgesia in former opiate addicts is resistant to blockade of endogenous opioids

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 962-964

  Liebmann, Peter M ^a   Lehofer, Michael ^a   Moser, Maximilian ^a   Hoehn Saric, Rudolf ^b   Legl, Thomas ^c   Pernhaupt, Günter ^c   Schauenstein, Konrad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Drug Rehab Ctr Gruner Kreis   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cold pressor test; Endogenous opioid system; Endogenous pain control; Naltrexone; Opiate dependence; Pain; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

NALTREXONE; NEMEXIN; OPIATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLD PRESSOR TEST; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOCICEPTION; OPIATE ADDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; DRUG TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HEROIN; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC DETOXICATION, DRUG; MIDDLE AGED; NALTREXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; RECEPTORS, OPIOID; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0030712341     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(97)00337-5     Document Type: Article

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