Case Study: Adverse effects of smoking marijuana while receiving tricyclic antidepressants

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 45-48

  Wilens, Timothy E ^a   Biederman, Joseph ^a   Spencer, Thomas J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

adverse effects; marijuana; pediatric; tricyclic antidepressant

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; CLONIDINE; DESIPRAMINE; NORTRIPTYLINE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SERTRALINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DELIRIUM; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0031021117     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004583-199701000-00016     Document Type: Article

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