A double-blind randomized placebo-controlled trial of lofexidine in alcohol withdrawal: Lofexidine is not a useful adjunct to chlordiazepoxide

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 426-430

  Keaney, F ^a   Strang, J ^a   Gossop, M ^a   Marshall, E J ^a   Farrell, M ^a   Welch, S ^a   Hahn, B ^a   Gonzalez, A ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; LOFEXIDINE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DROWSINESS; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG RESPONSE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RASH; SEIZURE; SYMPTOM; SYNCOPE;

ALCOHOLISM; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; CLONIDINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; PLACEBOS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 0034854996     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/36.5.426     Document Type: Article

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