Ultra-rapid opiate detoxification using deep sedation with oral midazolam: Short and long-term results

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 243-250

  Cucchia, Anne Thérèse ^a   Monnat, Martine ^a   Spagnoli, Jacques ^a   Ferrero, François ^a   Bertschy, Gilles ^a  

^a DEPT UNIV DE PSYCHIATRIE ADULTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Midazolam; Naltrexone; Opiate detoxification

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CISAPRIDE; CLONIDINE; DIAMORPHINE; LOPERAMIDE; METHADONE; MIDAZOLAM; NALTREXONE; ONDANSETRON; SCOPOLAMINE BUTYL BROMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIARRHEA; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; DRUG DETOXIFICATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; SEDATION; VOMITING; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; CLONIDINE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; METHADONE; MIDAZOLAM; NALTREXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; ONDANSETRON; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032211840     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-8716(98)00100-8     Document Type: Article

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