Clonidine use and abuse among methadone program applicants and patients

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 589-593

  Beuger, Mark ^a   Tommasello, Anthony ^b   Schwartz, Robert ^a   Clinton, Mary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF PHARMACY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clonidine abuse; Methadone; Opioid substitution treatment; Prescription drug abuse, substance abuse

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CANNABIS; CLONIDINE; COCAINE; CODEINE; DIAMORPHINE; HYDROMORPHONE; ILLICIT DRUG; METHADONE; OPIATE; PERCOCET; PERCODAN; PROMETHAZINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEDATION; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ADULT; ANALGESICS; CLONIDINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHADONE; MIDDLE AGED; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0031775299     PISSN: 07405472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0740-5472(97)00309-7     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Anderson R.J., Hart G.R., Crumpler C.P., Lerman M.J. Clonidine overdose. Report of six cases and review of the literature Annals of Emergency Medicine. 10:1981;107-112.
2. Anderson, F., Lee, J.H., Svikis, D., & Paluzzi, P. (1996). Clonidine abuse: Prevalence in a population of substance abusing women. Abstracts. College on Problems of Drug Dependence, 58th Annual Scientific Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico, June 22-27, 1996.
3. Baumgartner G.R., Rowen R.C. Clonidine vs. chlordiazepoxide in the management of acute alcohol withdrawal syndrome. Archives Internal Medicine. 147:1987;1223-1226.
4. Budd R.D., Walkin E., Jain N.C., Sneath T.C. Frequency of use of diazepam in individuals on probation and in methadone maintenance programs. American Journal Drug and Alcohol Abuse. 6:1979;511-514.
5. Cantor R. Methadone maintenance and amitriptyline [letter]. Journal of the American Medical Association. 241:1979;2378.
6. Cohen M.J., Hanbury R., Stimmel B. Abuse of amitriptyline. Journal of the American Medical Association. 240:1978;1372-1373.
7. Conner C.S., Watanebe A.S. Clonidine overdose. A review American Journal of Hospital Pharmacy. 36:1979;906-911.
8. Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN). (1993). Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
9. Feigelson E.B., Cadden J.J. Changing patterns of drug abuse in New York City. American Journal Drug and Alcohol Abuse. 1:1974;371-378.
10. Fetrow C.W., Hoyt J.W., White T.M. Clonidine patch. Reservoir for abuse Journal Clinical Psychiatry. 55:1994;266.
11. Glassman A.H., Jackson W.K., Walsh B.T., Roose S.P. Cigarette craving, smoking, withdrawal, and clonidine. Science. 226:1984;864-866.
12. Gold M.S., Redmond D.E. Jr., Kleber H.D. Clonidine in opiate withdrawal. Lancet. 1:1978;929-930.
13. Gold M.S., Pottash A.L., Extein I. Clonidine. Inpatient studies from 1978 to 1981 Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. 43:1982;35-38.
14. Kleber H.D., Riordan C.E., Rounsaville B., Kosten T., Charney D., Gaspari J., Hogan I., O'Connor C. Clonidine in outpatient detoxification from methadone maintenance. Archives of General Psychiatry. 42:1985;391-394.
15. Lauzon P. Two cases of clonidine abuse/dependence in methadone-maintained patients. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment. 9:1992;125-127.
16. La Piana-Simonsen L. Top 200 drugs of 1995. Pharmacy-Times. 62:1996;27-35.
17. McDuff D.R., Schwartz R.P., Tommasello A., Tiegel S., Donovan T., Johnson J.L. Outpatient benzodiazepine detoxification procedure for methadone patients. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment. 10:1993;297-302.
18. Markowitz J.S., Myrick H., Hiott W. Clonidine dependence [letter]. Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology. 17:1997;137-138.
19. Myles J.S., Treganza G.S. Cyclizine abuse in opiate addicts [Abstract]. British Journal of Addiction. 81:1986;711.
20. Pearce K.I. Clonidine and smoking. Lancet. 2:1986;810.
21. Reza M.J. Clonidine-withdrawal syndrome [letter]. Lancet. 2(8028):1977;89.
22. Robinson B.J., Robinson G.M., Maling T.J., Johnson R.H. Is clonidine useful in the treatment of alcohol withdrawal? Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research. 13:1989;95-98.
23. Roehrich H., Gold M.S. Clonidine [review]. Advances in Alcohol and Substance Abuse. 7:1987;1-16.
24. Ruben S.M., McLean P.C., Melville J. Cyclizine abuse among a group of opiate dependents receiving methadone. British Journal of Addiction. 84:1989;929-934.
25. Shaffer H.J., LaSalvia T.A. Patterns of substance abuse among methadone patients. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment. 9:1992;143-147.
26. Sees K.L., Stalcup S.A. Combining clonidine and nicotine replacement for treatment of nicotine withdrawal [Review]. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs. 21:1989;355-359.
27. Strauss F.G., Franklin S.S., Lewin A.J., Maxwell M.H. Withdrawal of antihypertensive therapy. Hypertensive crisis in renovascular hypertension. Journal of the American Medical Association. 28:1977;1734-1736.
28. Tommasello, A.C. (1994). National statistics and Baltimore study point to an increase in clonidine use by heroin addicts. CESAR FAX 3(34). Center for Substance Abuse Research [CESAR], University of Maryland at College Park.
29. Weiss K.J., Greenfield D.P. Prescription drug abuse. Psychiatric Clinics of North America. 9:1986;475-490.
30. Wilkins A.J., Jenkins W.J., Steiner J.A. Efficacy of clonidine in treatment of alcohol withdrawal state. Psychopharmacology. 81:1983;78-80.