Naltrexone in the treatment of alcohol dependence

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 345, Issue 24, 2001, Pages 1734-1739

  Krystal, John H ^a,b   Cramer, Joyce A ^a,b   Krol, William F ^c   Kirk, Gail F ^c   Rosenheck, Robert A ^a,b  

^a VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NALTREXONE; OPIATE ANTAGONIST; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; BACKACHE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INJURY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; PAIN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELAPSE; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SOMNOLENCE; VERTIGO;

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS; ALCOHOLISM; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COUNSELING; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NALTREXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0035857147     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa011127     Document Type: Article

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