Nifedipine but not verapamil inhibits subjective effects of i.v. morphine in opiate-dependent patients

Addiction Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 345-351

  Sophronov, A ^b   Zvartau, E ^a   Kuzmin, A ^a,c  

^a PAVLOV FIRST SAINT PETERSBURG STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b Medical Military Academy   (Russian Federation)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; MORPHINE; NIFEDIPINE; OPIATE; VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031846979     PISSN: 13556215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13556219872155     Document Type: Article

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