Passionflower in the treatment of opiates withdrawal: A double-blind randomized controlled trial

Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 369-373

  Kashani, L ^b   Mobaseri, M ^c   Hosseini, S H ^d   Nikzad, S ^b   Khani, M ^b   Akhondzadeh, Shahin ^a,e  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Institute of Medicinal Plants Iran   (Iran)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MAZANDARAN   (Iran)

^e NONE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Clonidine; Detoxification; Methadone; Opiate withdrawal; Passionflower; Randomized controlled trial; RCT

Indexed keywords

ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; CLONIDINE; OPIATE; PASSIFLORA INCARNATA EXTRACT; PLACEBO; PLANT EXTRACT;

ADULT; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DETOXIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OPIATE ADDICTION; PASSIFLORA INCARNATA; PLANT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ADULT; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CLONIDINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; MALE; NARCOTICS; PASSIFLORA; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 0034777388     PISSN: 02694727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2710.2001.00366.x     Document Type: Article

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