Pupillometric changes during gradual opiate detoxification correlate with changes in symptoms of opiate withdrawal as measured by the weak opiate withdrawal scale

Clinical Neuropharmacology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 312-315

  Rosse, Richard B ^a,b   Johri, Surendra ^a,b   Goel, Manjula ^a   Rahman, Faisal ^a   Jawor, Katherine A ^a,b   Deutsch, Stephen I ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Craving; Methadone; Opiate dependence; Pupil size; Pupillometry; Withdrawal symptoms

Indexed keywords

ACETYLMETHADOL; METHADONE; OPIATE; OPIATE AGONIST;

ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DETOXIFICATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HUMAN; MALE; METHADONE TREATMENT; OPIATE ADDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL; PUPILLOMETRY;

ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; METHADONE; METHADYL ACETATE; MIDDLE AGED; NARCOTICS; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; OPIUM; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PUPIL; REFLEX, PUPILLARY; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 0031783860     PISSN: 03625664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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