Gamma-hydroxybutyrate: An emerging drug of abuse that causes physical dependence

Addiction

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 89-96

  Galloway, Gantt P ^a,b,c,d   Frederick, S L ^b   Staggers Jr , Frank E ^a   Gonzales, Marco ^b   Stalcup, S Alex ^c   Smith, David E ^a,b  

^a Haight Ashbury Free Clinics   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c New Leaf Treatment Center   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MALE; NEUROPHARMACOLOGY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SEIZURE; TREMOR; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ADULT; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; ANXIETY; COMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; SODIUM OXYBATE; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TREMOR;

EID: 0031048527     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1997.tb03640.x     Document Type: Article

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