Open-label pilot study of tramadol hydrochloride in treatment-refractory obsessive-compulsive disorder

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 170-173

  Shapira, Nathan A ^a   Keck Jr , Paul E ^a   Goldsmith, Toby D ^a   McConville, Brian J ^a   Eis, Michael ^a   McElroy, Susan L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Obsessive compulsive disorder; Opioid agonist; Serotonin re uptake inhibitors; Treatment refractory

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MALE; OBSESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PILOT PROJECTS; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRAMADOL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031448045     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6394(1997)6:4<170::AID-DA7>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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