Double-blind study of lofexidine and clonidine in the detoxification of opiate addicts in hospital

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 57-61

  Kahn, A ^a   Mumford, J P ^b   Rogers, G Ash ^b   Beckford, H ^a  

^a All Saints Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b Marion Merrell Dow Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clonidine; Lofexidine; Opiate withdrawal

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE; LOFEXIDINE; METHADONE; OPIATE;

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DETOXIFICATION; DOSE CALCULATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; LETHARGY; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; OPIATE ADDICTION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; SYMPTOM; TINNITUS; VERTIGO; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; XEROSTOMIA;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ADULT; CLONIDINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PATIENT ADMISSION; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 0031561787     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-8716(96)01316-6     Document Type: Article

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