Is there a pharmacological basis for therapy with rapid opioid detoxification?

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Volumn 354, Issue 9195, 1999, Pages 2017-2018

  Spanagel, Rainer ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHADONE; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; NALOXONE; NALTREXONE; OPIATE; OPIATE ANTAGONIST;

ANESTHESIA; DRUG DETOXIFICATION; HUMAN; NOTE; OPIATE ADDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 0033547605     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(99)90248-9     Document Type: Note

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