Transient restless legs-like syndrome as a complication of opiate withrawal

Pharmacopsychiatry

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 70-72

  Scherbaum, Norbert ^a,b   Stuper B ^a   Bonnet, U ^a   Gastpar, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BENSERAZIDE PLUS LEVODOPA; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CLONIDINE; ENDORPHIN; MAGNESIUM; METHADONE; NALTREXONE; OPIATE; TRIMIPRAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DRUG DETOXIFICATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OPIATE ADDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHINORRHEA; SLEEP DISORDER; SWEATING; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BENSERAZIDE; DOPAMINE AGENTS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; HUMANS; LEVODOPA; MALE; NARCOTICS; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037617810     PISSN: 01763679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-39047     Document Type: Article

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