Dose dependent effects of yohimbine on methadone maintained patients

American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 327-333

  Hameedi, Faiq A ^a,b   Woods, Scott W ^a   Rosen, Marc I ^a   Pearsall, H Rowland ^a   Kosten, Thomas R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Medication Development Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Methadone maintenance; Opiate withdrawal; Treatment; Yohimbine

Indexed keywords

METHADONE; NALOXONE; YOHIMBINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHADONE TREATMENT; OPIATE ADDICTION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 0030972540     PISSN: 00952990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00952999709040950     Document Type: Article

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